Am 04.01.23 um 04:51 schrieb Bob Tregilus:
Hi -
I'm not sure who I should alert to this issue, someone on this dev
list or should I write to OBS support?
On the openSUSE contributors OBS they list the following four 4.2.0
darktable builds for Unbuntu based distros (I added the support
information):
xUbuntu 22.10 is supported to 2023-07.
xUbuntu 22.04 (LTS) is supported to 2027-04-21.
xUbuntu 21.10 support *ended* 2022-07-14.
xUbuntu 21.04 support *ended* 2022-01-20.
But now missing is a 4.2.0 build for the older:
xUbuntu 20.04 (LTS) which is supported to 2025-04-23.
Who cares?
The proper answer is: Do not use older Ubuntu distros on desktops,
Ubuntu are only maintaining a very small subset of packages in the LTS
context (and understandably so because it's redundant effort), and
please do not ask to encourage people shooting themselves in the foot
with that by providing new packages on older distros. Instead, teach
desktop users to stay updated.
$ ubuntu-security-status
989 packages installed, of which:
859 receive package updates with LTS until 4/2025
Meaning 130 packages without any security updates (this is xubuntu 20.04
that I use as mostly-headless build server for mail-related software),
and on typical desktop installs, it's usually much worse. Ubuntu's "LTS"
tag, for desktops, is window dressing.
Only main/restricted aka base packages receive "support".
https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle but not many of community
packages which I found make up considerable parts of desktop installs.
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