[Bug 1342424] Re: update-notifier presents unclear update message

[Robin Sheat]

Thanks, though I don't think I can test it on our servers because
they're production and putting proposed on them seems not ideal. Not
sure how to produce the message in a VM.

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Title:
  update-notifier presents unclear update message

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “update-notifier” source package in Precise:
  New

Bug description:
  TEST CASE:
  1. install 12.04 
  2. apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-saucy
  3. install update-manager-core from precise-updates
  4. run "hwe-support-status" and verify that you get a message about the support status end in the locale text format
  5. install update-manager-core from precise-proposed
  6. run "hwe-support-status" and verify that you get the date displayed in isoformat

  I logged in to a server and got:

  Your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support
  on 08/07/14.  After this date security updates for critical parts (kernel
  and graphics stack) of your system will no longer be available.

  For more information, please see:
  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL

  To upgrade to a supported (or longer supported) configuration:

  * Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running:
  sudo do-release-upgrade

  OR

  * Install a newer HWE version by running:
  sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty linux-image-generic-lts-trusty

  and reboot your system.

  That's all well and good, but 08/07/14 is not a meaningful date. Here,
  it's in the near past. Some places, it's in the near future. When is
  the HWE going out of support? Who can tell?

  (NB: pretty sure I have the wrong package, but I have no idea what the
  real one is.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-notifier (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-42.63~precise1-generic 3.8.13.23
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-42-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jul 16 11:38:29 2014
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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