[Bug 2040011] [NEW] [SRU] Ensure supported codenames are accurate

[Simon Quigley]

Public bug reported:

In several stable releases of Ubuntu, Vim has information regarding
releases that are outdated. It would be optimal for Vim to grab this
data from distro-info-data (or similar), but unfortunately that is not
the case. Therefore, the list needs to be updated.

There is a minimal regression potential here; Vim simply reads a
statically-set Perl array to determine if the release in the changelog
and sources.list is supported or not. Any regression would present
itself in external tooling that detects text highlighting, which is not
a case I think we support in Ubuntu.

A simple way to test this update is to download a package from the Lunar
archive, and open the changelog with Vim. Instead of the changelog
release (e.g. "noble") showing as red, it should show as blue. I would
also suggest editing sources.list, to ensure e.g. Eoan shows as EOL.

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu Lunar)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu Mantic)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Also affects: vim (Ubuntu Lunar)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: vim (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: vim (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: vim (Ubuntu Mantic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Lunar)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Mantic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Jammy)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Lunar)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Mantic)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Lunar)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu Mantic)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  [SRU] Ensure supported codenames are accurate

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in vim source package in Focal:
  In Progress
Status in vim source package in Jammy:
  In Progress
Status in vim source package in Lunar:
  In Progress
Status in vim source package in Mantic:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  In several stable releases of Ubuntu, Vim has information regarding
  releases that are outdated. It would be optimal for Vim to grab this
  data from distro-info-data (or similar), but unfortunately that is not
  the case. Therefore, the list needs to be updated.

  There is a minimal regression potential here; Vim simply reads a
  statically-set Perl array to determine if the release in the changelog
  and sources.list is supported or not. Any regression would present
  itself in external tooling that detects text highlighting, which is
  not a case I think we support in Ubuntu.

  A simple way to test this update is to download a package from the
  Lunar archive, and open the changelog with Vim. Instead of the
  changelog release (e.g. "noble") showing as red, it should show as
  blue. I would also suggest editing sources.list, to ensure e.g. Eoan
  shows as EOL.

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