Lubuntu 12.04 End Of Life - EOL

Wed Oct 30 16:20:49 UTC 2013

2013/10/30 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>

> Hi Ali,
> Reply inline
> Best regards/Nio
>
> On 2013-10-30 13:21, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> > <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     "unsupported packages" means unsupported by Canonical.
> >
> >     These packages are/were supported by some other person, organisation
> or
> >     company, and there might be packages where the development/support is
> >     discontinued. Canonical does not promise anything about the support.
> >
> >     Best regards
> >     Nio
> >
> >
> > Hello Nio,
> >
> > Is there any official Document/Wiki/Link that refer to the same
> > explanation above?
>
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerFaq#What_packages_and_repositories_are_maintained_.28supported.29.3F
> >
> > And, to me, it appears that "status --show-all" is a tricky command that
> > can NOT really tell you in an easy/direct way about your system being
> > supported or not.
> >
> > This is from Lubuntu 13.04 amd64 (3.8.0-32-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Tue
> > Oct 1 22:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux)  and it is
> > really confusing.
> >
> > You have 1200 packages (84.8%) supported until January 2014 (9m)
> > You have 12 packages (0.8%) supported until July 2014 (9m)
> >
> > You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
> > You have 203 packages (14.3%) that are unsupported
> >
> > Are you trying to say that, for example in my case, the 203 packages are
> > NOT from Canonical and they are not responsible of this? then how would
> > someone tell whether his/her system is secure or not?
>
> For example abiword, gnumeric and VLC are developed and maintained by
> others than Canonical. And the Lubuntu specific software is developed
> and maintained or cherry-picked by 'our' developers, not Canonical.
>
> > "Unsupported:
> > abiword abiword-common ace-of-penguins alsamixergui audacious
> > audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-data blueman cabextract
> > chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
> > elementary-icon-theme extlinux ffmpegthumbnailer
> > flashplugin-installer galculator gdebi gdebi-core gecko-mediaplayer
> > giblib1 gnome-mplayer gnome-paint gnome-system-tools gnome-time-admin
> > gnumeric gnumeric-common gpaint gpicview gtk-recordmydesktop
> > gtk2-engines-pixbuf guvcview hardinfo indicator-application-gtk2
> > leafpad liba52-0.7.4 libabiword-2.9 libass4 libaudclient2 libaudcore1
> > libavcodec-extra-53 libavutil-extra-51 libbinio1ldbl libbluray1
> > libbs2b0 libcddb2 libcompfaceg1 libcrystalhd3 libcue1 libdca0
> > libdirac-encoder0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdvbpsi7 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
> > libebml3 libexo-1-0 libexo-common libexo-helpers libfaad2
> > libffmpegthumbnailer4 libfluidsynth1 libfm-data libfm-gtk-bin
> > libfm-gtk-data libfm-gtk3 libfm3 libgda-5.0-4 libgda-5.0-common
> > libgmlib1 libgmtk1 libgmtk1-data libgoffice-0.10-10
> > libgoffice-0.10-10-common libguess1 libiso9660-8 libkate1
> > libloudmouth1-0 libmad0 libmatroska5 libmenu-cache2 libmms0
> > libmodplug1 libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil libmono-addins0.2-cil
> > libmowgli2 libmp3lame0 libmpcdec6 libmpeg2-4 libmpg123-0
> > libmusicbrainz3-6 libnet-dbus-perl libnspr4-0d libobrender27 libobt0
> > libonig2 liboobs-1-5 libopencore-amrnb0 libopencore-amrwb0
> > libopenjpeg2 libopus0 libots0 libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2
> > libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libts-0.0-0 libtwolame0 libupnp6
> > libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore5 libvo-aacenc0 libvo-amrwbenc0
> > libwebp4 libwv-1.2-4 libx264-123 libxaw3dxft6 libxfce4ui-1-0
> > libxfce4util-common libxfce4util6 libxfconf-0-2 libxml-twig-perl
> > libxvidcore4 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 lightdm-gtk-greeter
> > lubuntu-artwork lubuntu-artwork-13-04 lubuntu-core
> > lubuntu-default-session lubuntu-default-settings lubuntu-desktop
> > lubuntu-icon-theme lubuntu-lxpanel-icons lubuntu-restricted-addons
> > lubuntu-restricted-extras lubuntu-software-center lxappearance
> > lxappearance-obconf lxinput lxkeymap lxlauncher lxmenu-data lxpanel
> > lxpanel-indicator-applet-plugin lxrandr lxsession lxsession-data
> > lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxtask lxterminal mplayer2 mtpaint mypaint
> > mypaint-data obconf openbox p7zip-full pcmanfm pidgin-microblog pinta
> > plymouth-theme-lubuntu-logo plymouth-theme-lubuntu-text
> > python-pysqlite2 python-support python-xklavier recordmydesktop scrot
> > skype skype-bin:i386 sylpheed sylpheed-doc sylpheed-i18n
> > sylpheed-plugins synaptic syslinux-themes-debian
> > syslinux-themes-debian-wheezy system-tools-backends transmission
> > tsconf ttf-mscorefonts-installer unetbootin unetbootin-translations
> > unrar vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse xfburn
> > xfce-keyboard-shortcuts xfce4-notifyd xfce4-power-manager
> > xfce4-power-manager-data xfconf xpad xpaint xscreensaver
> > xscreensaver-data zsync"
> >
> > If you have a look at these, you will come to know most if not all are
> > shipped by default with Lubuntu. While 13.04 has not yet reached its
> > EOL, how can we really tell whether our system is secure or not?
> >
> > There must be another way to confirm unless someone has a good and
> > logical explanation of what is going on!
>
> "Don't use it after the EOL ..."
>
> > --
> > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> > Best Regards,
> > amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
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>
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Our friend vasa1 added some more useful info at:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/368329/unsupported-software

"

>From a non-comprehensive use of apt-cache show package_name, it appears
that supported packages, found with ubuntu-support-status --show-supported,
are in the *main* pool.

For example, running apt-cache show zenity, a supported package has this
line:
Filename: pool/*main*/z/zenity/zenity_3.8.0-1_amd64.deb
and:
Supported: 9m

But, running apt-cache show thunar, an unsupported package, has:
Filename: pool/*universe*/t/thunar/thunar_1.6.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
and no mention of a support period.

This, from What are
Repositories?<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu>,
is relevant:

The repository components are:
Main - Officially *supported* software.
Restricted - Supported software that is not available under a completely
free license.
Universe - Community maintained software, i.e. *not officially supported*
 software.
Multiverse - Software that is not free.
                                                               "

Best regards,

Iberê
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