[Bug 1164741] [NEW] Consider extending support for Lucid 10.04.4 LTS

[msth67]

Public bug reported:

Now that Ubuntu Lucid 10.0.4 has almost reached the end of its life-
cycle,considering how much of a dramatic change would be the upgrade to
the current 12.04 LTS release,would it be possible to consider an
extension of its support,although strictly limited to security updates?

People who still use Lucid do this for a reason,they have in all
likeliness tried the newer Ubuntu releases and drawn the conclusion that
they are far too distant from Lucid to be considered an update,they
actually are a different OS altogether.

Lucid has indeed been working flawlessly (at least,as far as a software
can be flawless) so far and actually still does,so giving up on this
release for something else that is not nearly as easy and comfortable to
use for them may not be an option.

Considering that this kind of users is certainly not interested in using
the latest and greatest software (or else they would have made the move
to the current 12.x releases by now),why not consider a limited form of
support for keeping this traditional yet still very functional and
widely appreciated Ubuntu release still alive?

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Consider extending support for Lucid 10.04.4 LTS

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Now that Ubuntu Lucid 10.0.4 has almost reached the end of its life-
  cycle,considering how much of a dramatic change would be the upgrade
  to the current 12.04 LTS release,would it be possible to consider an
  extension of its support,although strictly limited to security
  updates?

  People who still use Lucid do this for a reason,they have in all
  likeliness tried the newer Ubuntu releases and drawn the conclusion
  that they are far too distant from Lucid to be considered an
  update,they actually are a different OS altogether.

  Lucid has indeed been working flawlessly (at least,as far as a
  software can be flawless) so far and actually still does,so giving up
  on this release for something else that is not nearly as easy and
  comfortable to use for them may not be an option.

  Considering that this kind of users is certainly not interested in
  using the latest and greatest software (or else they would have made
  the move to the current 12.x releases by now),why not consider a
  limited form of support for keeping this traditional yet still very
  functional and widely appreciated Ubuntu release still alive?

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