Ubuntu
software-properties package

  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Bug #1920836
  3. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1920836

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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

[Impact]
There is not currently a graphical method of determining if a system is subscribed to Extended Security Maintenance updates. This is resolved by adding some new UI to the software properties application (design https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Extended_Security_Maintenance).

[Test Case]
1. Open Software Properties
2. 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.