apt-listbugs BTS #244555 ... How does one tell if the BTS is down?

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

I just did a Sarge "aptitude update && aptitude upgrade" and it
tripped over apt-listbugs.  The error is as described in BTS
#244555[*].  So, to verify I'm experiencing the same thing, how do I
confirm the BTS is down, if indeed it is?

I've re-run it three times now with about fifteen minutes between
each.  Same result each time:

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Retrieving bug reports... 0% [0/6] W: not in gzip format: bind9-host
 W: not in gzip format: libdns16
 W: not in gzip format: dnsutils
 W: not in gzip format: liblwres1
 W: not in gzip format: libisc7
 W: not in gzip format: mozilla-firefox
 ... E: Too many errors while retrieving bug reports
E: Sub-process if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok
   installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 ||
   exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter key
   to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi returned an error code
   (10)
E: Failure running script if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status:
   .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10
   || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter
   key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi 
Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to recover:

...
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[*] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=244555


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