[Bug 1574193] Re: ubuntu-support-status lists end-of-support packages (after EOL) as supported

[Marc Deslauriers]

The ubuntu-support-status tool is deprecated and uses the outdated
"Supported" field in the packages file to obtain information. The tool
and field were used in Ubuntu 10.04 and earlier when we had a 3 year/5
year split between desktop and server packages.

We should prepare updates that remove this tool completely.

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

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

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

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

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

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Wily)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  ubuntu-support-status lists end-of-support packages (after EOL) as
  supported

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Wily:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Yakkety:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Please see the screen dump below. It contains a section "Supported
  until February 2015 (9m):", but it is April 2016, so the packages
  should NOT appear in the --show-supported list, and it should NOT be
  introduced with "Supported..." because the packages listed below that
  banner line are UNsupported.

  ------

  $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ubuntu-support-status --show-supported
  Support status summary of 'rho':

  You have 29 packages (0.9%) supported until January 2017 (9m)
  You have 245 packages (7.4%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
  You have 201 packages (6.1%) supported until May 2017 (3y)
  You have 2290 packages (68.9%) supported until May 2019 (5y)

  You have 18 packages (0.5%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
  You have 539 packages (16.2%) that are unsupported
  Supported until January 2017 (9m):
  libclang-common-3.6-dev libclang1-3.6 libglamor-ltst0 libllvm3.6 
  linux-headers-3.13.0-65 linux-headers-3.13.0-65-generic 
  [...]

  Supported until February 2015 (9m):
  apparmor-docs apparmor-utils asciidoc autopoint bash-doc bsh 
  checkbox-qt chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n 
  chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra comerr-dev dblatex debconf-doc 
  dh-autoreconf docbook-dsssl docbook-utils doxygen doxygen-latex 
  enblend enfuse expect faad foomatic-db-engine fortune-mod 
  [...]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: update-manager-core 1:0.196.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-83.127-generic 3.13.11-ckt35
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-83-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Apr 24 10:29:43 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'check-new-release-ignore' b"'natty'"
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1323564009'
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-12-25 (486 days ago)

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