On 2016-04-25 03:05 PM, Stéphane Graber wrote: > 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.
Now I'm confused what "supported" means. For security updates provided by the security team, this is what we rely on: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Official_Support What does the Supported: field mean? Marc. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
