[Bug 1955471] Re: Why is Extended Maintenance needed for apps in Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS in 2021?

[Olivier Tilloy]

Julian, how can the end-user tell the difference between ESM Infra and
ESM Apps, if the latter hasn't been properly announced yet?

I am now myself confused as to why ESM (Infra or Apps) would be enabled
at all on an LTS release that hasn't reached its EOL yet (we're talking
about 20.04 here).

Perhaps this becomes clearer when ESM Apps is announced, but for now I
wouldn't dismiss so promptly a request to clarify the message issued by
ubuntu-security-status. Continuing the conversation on discourse sounds
good to me.

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Title:
  Why is Extended Maintenance needed for apps in Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS in
  2021?

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  There seems to be a misleading, incorrect message in

  ubuntu-security-status

  ESM wouldn’t be needed (or even enabled) until 20.04 is EOL, in 2025.

  ---

  See this link:

  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/why-is-extended-security-maintenance-
  needed-for-apps-in-ubuntu-20-04-x-lts-in-2021/25871

  tester at lenovo-v130:~$ ubuntu-security-status 
  1832 packages installed, of which:
  1673 receive package updates with LTS until 4/2025
   152 could receive security updates with ESM Apps until 4/2030
     7 packages are from third parties

  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'.

  Enable Extended Security Maintenance (ESM Apps) to get 10 security
  updates (so far) and enable coverage of 152 packages.

  This machine is not attached to an Ubuntu Advantage subscription.
  See https://ubuntu.com/advantage
  tester at lenovo-v130:~$ 

  Questions

      Why is Extended Maintenance needed for apps in Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS
  in 2021?

      Which are those 10 security updates that need ESM? Is there a link
  where they are listed?

      Where are the 152 packages (that need ESM) listed?

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  I was told to report this as a bug by oSoMoN:

          Why is Extended Maintenance needed for apps in Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS in 2021?
          Which are those 10 security updates that need ESM? Is there a link where they are listed?

  This sounds like a misleading, incorrect message. ESM wouldn’t be
  needed (or even enabled) until 20.04 is EOL, in 2025. Can you file a
  bug issuing the following command: ubuntu-bug update-manager-core ?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: update-manager-core 1:20.04.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-43.47~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-43-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Dec 21 09:43:33 2021
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-count' b'12'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1639852408'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-04 (472 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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