ubuntu-support-status lists end-of-support packages (after EOL) as supported
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Brian Murray | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Brian Murray | ||
Wily |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Brian Murray | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Test Case
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1) Run ubuntu-
2) Travel to the future and overshoot by a month.
3) Run ubuntu-
With the version of the package from -proposed the count in step 3 should be incremented by the quantity of packages supported until that future date e.g. if you have 8 unsupported and 8 packages supported until (1/2017) with the proposed version you should have 16 unsupported in (2/2017).
Regression Potential
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A return was missing say that packages were unsupported, so very very little.
Original Report
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Please see the screen dump below. It contains a section "Supported until February 2015 (9m):", but it is April 2016, so the packages should NOT appear in the --show-supported list, and it should NOT be introduced with "Supported..." because the packages listed below that banner line are UNsupported.
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$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ubuntu-
Support status summary of 'rho':
You have 29 packages (0.9%) supported until January 2017 (9m)
You have 245 packages (7.4%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
You have 201 packages (6.1%) supported until May 2017 (3y)
You have 2290 packages (68.9%) supported until May 2019 (5y)
You have 18 packages (0.5%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 539 packages (16.2%) that are unsupported
Supported until January 2017 (9m):
libclang-
linux-headers-
[...]
Supported until February 2015 (9m):
apparmor-docs apparmor-utils asciidoc autopoint bash-doc bsh
checkbox-qt chromium-browser chromium-
chromium-
dh-autoreconf docbook-dsssl docbook-utils doxygen doxygen-latex
enblend enfuse expect faad foomatic-db-engine fortune-mod
[...]
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.196.14
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-83-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Aptdaemon:
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 24 10:29:43 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GsettingsChanges:
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PackageArchitec
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-12-25 (486 days ago)
description: | updated |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Wily): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
The ubuntu- support- status tool is deprecated and uses the outdated "Supported" field in the packages file to obtain information. The tool and field were used in Ubuntu 10.04 and earlier when we had a 3 year/5 year split between desktop and server packages.
We should prepare updates that remove this tool completely.