[Bug 2065040] Re: Drop UBUNTU_CODENAME from /etc/os-release. Use VERSION_CODENAME instead

[Julian Andres Klode]

The UBUNTU_CODENAME field is very useful to keep things like PPAs and
third-party integrations working with downstream distributions, such
that I don't think it makes sense to remove that and break them.

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

** Tags removed: rls-oo-incoming

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Title:
  Drop UBUNTU_CODENAME from /etc/os-release. Use VERSION_CODENAME
  instead

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion
Status in snapd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Bug #1520154 introduced UBUNTU_CODENAME, but the final name that
  landed in the os-release specification is VERSION_CODENAME. Ubuntu
  specifies VERSION_CODENAME since Ubuntu 16.04 "xenial" (see bug
  #1598212).

  So let's finally drop UBUNTU_CODENAME from os-release starting with
  Ubuntu 24.10 "oracular".

  Marking snapd as affected since it uses UBUNTU_CODENAME in some files
  in tests/.

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