old-releases.ubuntu.com doesn't tell users that images are EOL

[Dave Hall]

When users access old-releases.ubuntu.com they aren't informed that the releases are out of date.

In one case a junior sysadmin was told to install "8.04" so he searched for 8.04 until he found it on old-releases.ubuntu.com, downloaded it, burnt it and ran up the box.

There was a prominent notice about the SSH key vulnerability, but I think all pages on old-releases.u.c should clearly state that they are obsolete releases which shouldn't be used in production envirionment. The text should encourage users to download their image/s from releases.ubuntu.com.

This small change could make things a lot clearer for inexperienced (potential) users.

[Stas Sușcov (sushkov)]

My opinion is that old/obsolete mirrors should be brought down. They're confusing people and not helping in anyhow.

[Oliver Grawert (ogra)]

old-releases.ubuntu.com needs to stay around for people that missed the EOL announcement, for them to be able to upgrade these archives must exist to be able to get all the required packages for an upgrade.