[Bug 1783328] [NEW] The option to select LTS notifications should be masked in non-LTS versions

[Chris Rainey]

Public bug reported:

I have been bitten by _not_ knowing that selecting "Notify me of a new
Ubuntu version:  For long-term support versions" in a non-LTS(17.10)
software-properties-gtk dialog box would simply silently fail to inform
users that they are no longer receiving updates to their Ubuntu
installs.

Please mask or hide the option to select "For long-term support
versions" if the currently running version is a non-LTS version(grep or
awk the /etc/os-release file or some-such for the LTS string).

It is non-intuitive to see this option as available to select and not
receive warning of its hazards.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.21
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Tue Jul 24 07:30:11 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-21 (64 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2018-05-24T11:23:48.670462

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade

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Title:
  The option to select LTS notifications should be masked in non-LTS
  versions

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have been bitten by _not_ knowing that selecting "Notify me of a new
  Ubuntu version:  For long-term support versions" in a non-LTS(17.10)
  software-properties-gtk dialog box would simply silently fail to
  inform users that they are no longer receiving updates to their Ubuntu
  installs.

  Please mask or hide the option to select "For long-term support
  versions" if the currently running version is a non-LTS version(grep
  or awk the /etc/os-release file or some-such for the LTS string).

  It is non-intuitive to see this option as available to select and not
  receive warning of its hazards.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Tue Jul 24 07:30:11 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-21 (64 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2018-05-24T11:23:48.670462

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