bug#19527: 24.4; elpa.gnu.org seems down

[Sebastien Vauban <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>]

While I do have network access (!), elpa seems unavailable for the last
30 mins or so -- at least, that error is generated when refreshing the
packages:

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "make client process failed" "connection timed out" :name "elpa.gnu.org" :buffer #<buffer  *url-http-temp*> :host "elpa.gnu.org" :service 80 :nowait nil)
  make-network-process(:name "elpa.gnu.org" :buffer #<buffer  *url-http-temp*> :host "elpa.gnu.org" :service 80 :nowait nil)
  open-network-stream("elpa.gnu.org" #<buffer  *url-http-temp*> "elpa.gnu.org" 80 :type plain :nowait nil)
  ...
  package-refresh-contents()
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Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban