[ale] LTS doesn't always mean LTS

Todor Fassl fassl.tod at gmail.com
Mon Apr 25 12:11:30 EDT 2016


No need to be insulting, guy.




On 04/25/2016 08:21 AM, James Sumners wrote:
> Why Ubuntu is used by people with a clue is beyond me. Well, except to
> throw it at a family member who doesn't have one. But this even makes
> that seem like a silly notion. There are better distributions out
> there. Some even forked from Ubuntu.
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:02 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>> In Ubuntu LTS, there's an issue with many packages not receiving security updates.
>>
>> https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ubuntu-lts-many-vulnerabilities-despite-long-term-support.385386/
>> ====
>> $ ubuntu-support-status --show-unsupported
>> Support status summary of 'lubuntu':
>>
>> You have 196 packages (8.0%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
>> You have 12 packages (0.5%) supported until January 2017 (9m)
>> You have 1679 packages (68.8%) supported until May 2019 (5y)
>> You have 148 packages (6.1%) supported until May 2017 (3y)
>>
>> You have 101 packages (4.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
>> You have 304 packages (12.5%) that are unsupported
>>
>> No longer downloadable:
>>    <insert huge-ass-list> .......
>>
>> Unsupported:
>>   <insert even-huger-huge-ass-list> .......
>> ====
>> Saw this and freaked out a little! 196 packages have lost support already on a
>> 14.04 desktop.  Most are java and perl helpers. The perl stuff doesn't bother
>> me, since I use perl-brew for all my real work in perl (never depend on the
>> system perl stuff). But there are some ssh2, TLS, and qemu in that list too!
>>
>>      Supported until February 2015 (9m):
>>      chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n expect .... qemu-common
>> libsqlite3-dev libssh2-1 libssh2-1-dev libssl-dev libgnutls-dev libgnutls28
>> libgnutlsxx27
>>
>> A non-supported browser is a non-starter for me. This is on my primary desktop!
>> Must do something about that, even if it means removal of the browser.
>>
>> to see which installed pkgs have and do not have support on your boxes.
>> It basically comes down to which repository the packages are in.  Just something
>> more to be aware about.
>>
>> Someone did the same thing for Debian and claimed that all the package security
>> fixes were back ported to the "supported" releases.
>>
>> Lucy (Canonical), you got some 'splaning to do.
>>
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Todd


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