[Bug 1244438] Re: EOL notification system required for HWE kernels in LTSs

[Marc Deslauriers]

A root email isn't enough for desktop users.

I believe at the last sprint we had discussed having update manager
inform the user, and to have the kernel available as an update in
update-manager but unchecked by default, so the user needs to opt-in to
it.

** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  EOL notification system required for HWE kernels in LTSs

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “landscape” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “unattended-upgrades” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “update-motd” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  We need to have some mechanism to allow us to record that you have an
  EOL kernel installed which will no longer recieve updates.

  For example for the kernel when a kernel is going EOL the last upload
  should include an appropriate file:

      /var/lib/update-notifier/kernel-eol

  We need to coordinate this with the notifier itself to ensure it is
  displayed.

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