Comment # 3 on bug 1175926 from macias -

Packman is just popular repo, "Packman is down" is the same as saying "Packman
is offline" or "Packman server does not respond", something like this. I don't
know the exact reason.

As for your screenshot -- it is OK, but you taken it too late :-). I.e. you
taken it when Yast2 already _stopped_ because repository is not available.

And I am talking (sorry I was not clear about that) about _progress_ -- when
Yast still struggles/tries to reach the repo.

The moment Yast is done with repo X and goes to repo Y it should switch
progress to "Y 0%". Currently it is not the case, it finishes with X with "X
100%" (ok), then switches to work with Y with progress still "X 100%" (not ok),
it struggles because Y is down, and then you see the outcome as presented in
the screenshot (I mean the progress bar in the background, not the error
popup). So the visual switch with progress happens, but it should be sooner.
IMHO.