ubuntu-support-status could more clearly define 'support'
Bug #1752379 reported by
Nish Aravamudan
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Related to LP: #1574670, which has cleaned up the output significantly.
The 'unsupported' status does not mean you won't get support at all (that is, please still file bugs, and possibly someone will work on it). Right now it reads like those packages are abandoned in Ubuntu (IMO).
These are packages in universe without any teams signed up to support them. They are still maintained, though.
In general, in the tool, 'support' has a clear meaning (not currently emitted):
10:27 < mdeslaur> perhaps the tool should say what support means... "Security
I think it would be ideal to provide either a header or footer that defines support and unsupported as expressed by the tool.
| summary: |
- ubuntu-support-status could more clearly define the meanings of support - status + ubuntu-support-status could more clearly define unsupported |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- ubuntu-support-status could more clearly define unsupported + ubuntu-support-status could more clearly define 'support' |
| tags: | added: rls-bb-incoming |
| tags: |
added: rls-dd-incoming removed: rls-bb-incoming |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| tags: |
added: rls-ee-incoming removed: rls-dd-incoming |
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| Steve Dodd (anarchetic) wrote | #1 |
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| Tom Reynolds (tomreyn) wrote | #2 |
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I'm utterly confused about what the support policy actually is .. is "Supported:" in universe still updated/meaningful? Apparently I have 123 unsupported packages on bionic, including things like apcupsd, iftop, fatrace, distcc, systemd-container ..?