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

[Chris Rainey]

Thanks, Brian. That sounds reasonable and would---in fact, accomplish what
I _thought_ it was supposed to do when I was setting it on end-user
installs so that I could expose features and functionality of a non-LTS
version while assuming it would pause at the next LTS.

I appreciate you feedback. Any ideas when this might be implemented? Is
there a bug I can track to be notified of the functionality changes?


On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:51 AM Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> This was discussed in #ubuntu-meeting on 20180726 and the solution
> presented was to have the release upgrader do the "right" thing by
> upgrading your system until you hit an LTS. So if you are running zesty
> and have "Prompt=lts" set then it would upgrade you to artful, then
> bionic and then stop because bionic is an LTS release.
>
> ** Also affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>    Importance: Undecided
>        Status: Confirmed
>
> ** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>    Importance: Undecided
>        Status: Confirmed
>
> ** Tags removed: rls-cc-incoming
>
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> Title:
>   The option to select LTS notifications should be masked in non-LTS
>   versions
>
> Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in software-properties source package in Cosmic:
>   Confirmed
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Cosmic:
>   Confirmed
>
> 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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Title:
  The option to select LTS notifications should be masked in non-LTS
  versions

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in software-properties source package in Cosmic:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Cosmic:
  Confirmed

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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