Merge lp:~xnox/ubuntu-archive-publishing/no-more-supported into lp:ubuntu-archive-publishing

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Drop Supported field, no longer accurate and thus obsolete

With introduction of new support subscriptions the support status and length of packages at initial release publication are not known. We do not modify release pocket, and thus when a release gets extended to beyond 5y for some or all packages, the Supported field stops being accurate.

Stop publishing the confusing Supported field.

A tool that reports correct security support status will be provided soon, which reports correct status and does not use Supported field anymore.

Drop Supported field, no longer accurate and thus obsolete

With introduction of new support subscriptions the support status and length of packages at initial release publication are not known. We do not modify release pocket, and thus when a release gets extended to beyond 5y for some or all packages, the Supported field stops being accurate.

Stop publishing the confusing Supported field.

A tool that reports correct security support status will be provided soon, which reports correct status and does not use Supported field anymore.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Please review and land this, ubuntu-support-status tool has now been removed from Focal.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

review: Approve

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

$ ubuntu-security-status
5912 packages installed, of which:
2797 receive package updates with LTS until 4/2025
2846 could receive security updates with ESM Apps until 4/2030
   5 packages are from third parties
 264 packages are no longer available for download

Packages from third parties are not provided by the official Ubuntu
archive, for example packages from Personal Package Archives in
Launchpad.
For more information on the packages, run 'ubuntu-security-status
--thirdparty'.

Packages that are not available for download may be left over from a
previous release of Ubuntu, may have been installed directly from a
.deb file, or are from a source which has been disabled.
For more information on the packages, run 'ubuntu-security-status
--unavailable'.

Enable Extended Security Maintenance (ESM Apps) to get 1 security
update (so far) and enable coverage of 2846 packages.

This machine is not attached to an Ubuntu Advantage subscription.
See https://ubuntu.com/advantage

Is the new/replacement tool, which is working fine.

=== modified file 'scripts/maintenance-check.py'
--- scripts/maintenance-check.py	2020-03-19 14:15:41 +0000
+++ scripts/maintenance-check.py	2020-04-16 18:35:02 +0000
@@ -247,20 +247,30 @@
         "lubuntu",
         ]
 
-FocalUbuntuMaintenance = BionicUbuntuMaintenance
-
-# Names of the distribution releases that are not supported by this
-# tool. All later versions are supported.
-UNSUPPORTED_DISTRO_RELEASED = [
-    "dapper",
-    "edgy",
-    "feisty",
-    "gutsy",
-    "hardy",
-    "intrepid",
-    "jaunty",
-    "karmic",
-    ]
+# Names of the distribution releases that are supported by this tool
+# (lucid-eoan). Any later releases do not use Supported.
+SUPPORTED_DISTRO_RELEASED = [
+    "lucid",
+    "maverick",
+    "natty",
+    "oneiric",
+    "precise",
+    "quantal",
+    "raring",
+    "saucy",
+    "trusty",
+    "utopic",
+    "vivid",
+    "wily",
+    "xenial",
+    "yakkety",
+    "zesty",
+    "artful",
+    "bionic",
+    "cosmic",
+    "disco",
+    "eoan"
+]
 
 
 # germinate output base directory
@@ -494,13 +504,16 @@
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
     # init
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        logging.error("must specify dist")
+        sys.exit(1)
+        
     if len(args) > 0:
         distro = args[0]
-        if distro in UNSUPPORTED_DISTRO_RELEASED:
-            logging.error("only lucid or later is supported")
-            sys.exit(1)
-    else:
-        distro = "lucid"
+
+    if distro not in SUPPORTED_DISTRO_RELEASED:
+        logging.error("only lucid-eoan use Supported field")
+        sys.exit(0)
 
     # maintenance class to use
     klass = globals().get("%sUbuntuMaintenance" % distro.capitalize())