[Bug 1808038] Re: ubuntu-distro-info should include information about ESM status

[Dan Watkins]

>From the cloud image publication, we currently use distro-info-data to
determine whether a particular image is valid for a variety of reasons;
we currently have to perform manual steps for precise.  When looking at
automating this, it became apparent to me that we won't be the only
Ubuntu (developers|users) who might want this data available in a
machine-readable format, hence the bug.

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Title:
  ubuntu-distro-info should include information about ESM status

Status in distro-info package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu-distro-info is an important source of information about the
  current support state of the various Ubuntu releases.  Currently,
  however, it provides no information about the status of Extended
  Security Maintenance for Ubuntu releases, which is an important aspect
  of Ubuntu "support".

  (If we already had concrete ESM information in this package, it could
  have served to clear up the recent confusion about bionic's "10 years
  of support".)

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