Show Extended Security Maintenence status
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Xenial |
New
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Hirsute |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell | ||
Impish |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Robert Ancell |
Bug Description
[Impact]
There is not currently a graphical method of determining if a system is subscribed to [Extended Security Maintenance](https:/
[Test Case]
1. Install latest version of Ubuntu advantage:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ua-
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
2. Open Software Properties
3. Go to Updates tab.
Expected result:
Information is shown that indicates if this system is using Extended Security Maintenance updates, when updates will supported until, and a link to upgrade to ESM.
Observed result:
No ESM information currently shown.
[Where problems could occur]
- Software properties could hit a bug getting a response from the ua app. The current code carefully checks if and what is returned, falling back to a safe default behavior.
- Launching software properties could trigger a bug in the ua app.
- Software properties could show incorrect information, causing confusion for the user. The solution uses information from distro-info and the ua app which means software-properties contains no data about ESM, and instead relies on these apps that can be updated if things change.
description: | updated |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Focal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Focal): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu Impish): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
tags: |
added: verification-done-bionic removed: verification-failed-bionic verification-needed |
tags: |
added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic removed: verification-done-bionic |
tags: |
added: verification-failed-bionic removed: verification-needed-bionic |
I've made a PPA to test this: https:/ /launchpad. net/~robert- ancell/ +archive/ ubuntu/ software- properties