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[Bug 1574670] Re: ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate information

 

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:16.04.11

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update-manager (1:16.04.11) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Steve Langasek ]
  * ubuntu-support-status: instead of checking the Release timestamp in
    the releases file for every single package on the system, get the
    release date from distro-info-data because it will always be the same.
    This speeds up the script by > 50% in testing.

  [ Marc Deslauriers ]
  * ubuntu-support-status: use component to differentiate packages
    supported by the community and packages supported by Canonical, and
    override the Supported tag for main and restricted to work around the
    inaccurate Packages files. (LP: #1574670)

 -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 02 Feb 2018
09:02:45 -0500

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate information

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Wily:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Yakkety:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Artful:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  ubuntu-support-status returns inaccurate and misleading information.

  It uses the Supported field in the Packages file which hasn't been
  used or updated since Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and earlier releases when we
  had a 3 year/5 year support split between desktop and server. (See
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Official%20Support)

  It also uses the term "unsupported" instead of "community-supported"
  which doesn't accurately portray the status of universe packages.

  [Test Case]

  After updating, ubuntu-support-status should return accurate
  information, and list which packages are community-supported and which
  are Canonical-supported. Here is an example from Xenial:

  Before:

  You have 1710 packages (98.8%) supported until April 2021 (5y)
  You have 4 packages (0.2%) supported until April 2019 (3y)
  You have 11 packages (0.6%) supported until February 2023 (5y)

  You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no longer be downloaded
  You have 5 packages (0.3%) that are unsupported

  After:

  You have 1722 packages (99.5%) supported until April 2021 (Canonical - 5y)
  You have 4 packages (0.2%) supported until April 2019 (Community - 3y)

  You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no longer be downloaded
  You have 4 packages (0.2%) that are unsupported

  
  [Regression Potential]

  The changes are limited to the ubuntu-support-status tool, so in case
  of breakage, only the results of that tool would be either inaccurate,
  or the tool would not run at all.

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