The original request to have it randomised over a larger window is as per LP bug #1554848. As Dimitri points out, many servers and clouds do not set local timezones so the archive mirrors we run are hit around the same time saturating the upstream links we have (with users then reporting issues with updates).
The original request to have it randomised over a larger window is as per LP bug #1554848. As Dimitri points out, many servers and clouds do not set local timezones so the archive mirrors we run are hit around the same time saturating the upstream links we have (with users then reporting issues with updates).