Warn people when they install outdated version of Ubuntu

[Christoph Langner]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I support quite a lot at the german loko ubuntuusers.de. I often notice that novice Ubuntu users install outdated versions of Ubuntu. Right now someone installed Ubuntu Breezy and wondered why he was not able to install any software etc... Those people don't do this by purpose, they install whatever version of Ubuntu they find out of lack of information.

Would it be possible to add a warning to ubiquity, so that when a user installs an outdated version he gets the information that

 * He is installing an outdated version
 * That the support for his version will end in only X months OR that the the support ended and that he won't get any updates nor will he be able to install additional software
 * That he should either install the current LTS or the current version of Ubuntu

This way people will be better informed and save time.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]