On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 02:57:22PM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > Hi, > > On 2016-04-25 02:45 PM, Andreas Wundsam wrote: > > Hello Ubuntu Maintainers, > > > > I was surprised to see that ubuntu-support-status shows the support of > > package > > nginx expired in February 2015? > > > > --- > > $ ubuntu-support-status --show-all > > [....] > > Supported until February 2015 (9m): > > [...] *nginx nginx-common * > > --- > > > > apt show shows the package as being in main, but receiving only 9 months of > > support: > > > > --- > > Supported: 9m > > APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages > > ---- > > > > So far, it has been my world view that packages that reside in the main > > repository would receive the full 5 years of LTS support. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Short answer: don't use ubuntu-support-status, it doesn't work. > > Long answer: ubuntu-support-status is a deprecated tool that used to be used > when we had a 3y/5y split on desktop and server packages. It returns the > contents of the "Supported:" tag which hasn't been updated since Ubuntu 10.04 > LTS. I've filed a bug to get it removed: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1574670 > > Marc.
The Supported: field logic actually got updated on release week for 16.04, so it's absolutely meant to be meaningful. The code for that logic can be found at: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-archive/ubuntu-archive-publishing/trunk/view/head:/scripts/maintenance-check.py If the logic doesn't match reality, then someone should send a branch to fix the logic. Note that it's long been the case that the fact that a package is in main or in universe doesn't necessarily indicate support length. We have plenty of packages in universe with support for 3 years or 5 years during LTS cycles and there are a number of packages that are in main but aren't part of a product and so aren't supported past the 9 months mark. -- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com
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