Improve error reporting when ubuntu launchpad is down?

[SystemKeeper]

Describe the feature

Today ubuntu launchpad went into maintenance (see https://ubuntu.social/@launchpadstatus/112286753813553221) and installation of php failed because of that:

I am wondering if it would be possible to output a message that indicates why the installation failed in that case?

Version

• I have checked releases, and the feature is missing in the latest patch version of v2.

Describe alternatives

I guess there's no alternative instead of guessing what happens.

Are you willing to submit a PR?

Yes in general, but never looked at the setup-php code in more detail.

[shivammathur]

@SystemKeeper

I plan to add a mirror for the PPA we use as a fallback to avoid this in future.

[rukaelin]

Hi there, we experienced the same issue last week. it's great to see that you are working on this, thank you @shivammathur 🙏