Make the esm-apps advertisment on apt-get upgrade clearer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Jammy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Kinetic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Lunar |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[ Impact ]
User might be confused that esm-apps is not delivering more security updates to universe if the service is available, not that is blocking package to receive security updates unless the service is enabled
[Test Case]
To test this fix we will add an integration test that target the scenario where we deliver esm-apps messages on apt-upgrade. We will check if we delivering the new message if the new package is installed.
[ Regression Potential ]
We are just modifying the APT message. The only regression possible is that users might be manually parsing APT output, which will now change. However, this is not a good practice and shouldn't be supported.
[Discussion]
The following message can now appear on the output of apt-get upgrade:
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The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
<PACKAGES>
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This message has caused some confusion among the users. One interpretation is that those fixes can only be delivered if the esm-apps service is enabled in the machine. However, this is not true, the community can still provide fixes for the packages in universe. What the esm-apps service will provide is more updates for those packages, not restrict how those packages are updated.
Because of that, we are changing the message to:
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Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
<PACKAGES>
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Which should better communicate what the service is providing
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu Lunar): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Hello Lucas, or anyone else affected,
Accepted ubuntu- advantage- tools into kinetic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ ubuntu- advantage- tools/27. 13.4~22. 10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification- needed- kinetic to verification- done-kinetic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed- kinetic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance for helping!
N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.