NBS removals of old kernels from stable -security and -updates pockets

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 02:20:39PM +0200, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
> > I am therefore intending that, for jammy and later releases, we start to
> > prune NBS kernel packages on an ongoing basis, not just at EOL time.

> We already have users complaining on IRC about missing kernel packages...

What, specifically, are the complaints?

> What is the official way/process for getting older packages for example for
> crash dump analysis where one might need an older kernel+dbgsym from an
> active series?

Does the Ubuntu Kernel Team accept crash reports on out-of-date kernels? 
The general policy for apport is to disallow bug report submissions if the
executable or any of the loaded libraries are from out-of-date packages.

But it will still be possible to download these older packages from
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+publishinghistory

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