I would suggest that update manager should notify the user of the
distro's end of life at least 2 weeks before that time arrives.
Same goes for apt in cli.
So theoretically no one would use an unsupported distro because lack of
information.
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** Tags removed: quantal raring saucy
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** Description changed:
- Ubuntu 13.10
Digging around bugs reported on bugs.launchpad, i've seen a bunch of reports
rised by users (mostly new comers i suppose) not knowing about versions having
reached EndOfLife.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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Title:
installing/updating tools need to detect EOL versions
To man
** Project changed: update-manager => update-manager (Ubuntu)
** Description changed:
+ Ubuntu 13.10
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Digging around bugs reported on bugs.launchpad, i've seen a bunch of reports
rised by users (mostly new comers i suppose) not knowing about versions having
reached EndOfLife.
- Most of the
Software updater would be a better option for this as software-center
only knows it is on a distribution.
** No longer affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
** Project changed: software-center => update-manager
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** Also affects: software-center
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: apport
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist => Undecided
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => New
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