[Bug 1574670] Re: ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate information
Marc Deslauriers
marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Wed Apr 27 14:20:43 UTC 2016
As described in the description of this bug, it uses the Supported field
in the Packages file which doesn't contain accurate information for now.
The output of the tool is therefore wrong.
We are looking into updating the Supported field for Ubuntu 16.04, and
releasing an updated ubuntu-support-status tool for earlier releases
that will return accurate information.
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Title:
ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate information
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:
ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate and misleading information.
It uses the Supported field in the Packages file which hasn't been
used or updated since Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and earlier releases when we
had a 3 year/5 year support split between desktop and server. (See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Official%20Support)
It also uses the term "unsupported" instead of "community-supported"
which doesn't accurately portray the status of universe packages.
This tool should be rewritten to return more accurate results, or
simply removed completely.
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