latest Ubuntu LTS download link

[Lukasz Zemczak]

Hey Jeremy!

We already have something like that. There are automatic redirects set
up to https://releases.ubuntu.com/<SERIES-NAME>/ubuntu-<SERIES-VERSION>-latest-desktop-amd64.iso
on cdimage, for instance:

https://releases.ubuntu.com/jammy/ubuntu-22.04-latest-desktop-amd64.iso

And every release sets up the -latest- redirect automatically. We
cannot use the -22.04- version numbers as the redirect as this is the
version number we release as GA, meaning that at some moment checksums
of this file will change - which is not something people would expect.
But we set up the -latest- redirects for this purpose. Those are
redirects so the end filename should be the actual point-release name,
so easy to check checksums for etc.

Cheers,

On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 at 18:57, Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> The GNOME Boxes app has a "Download OS" feature where it can download
> distro releases such as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This is powered by osinfo-db
> which includes a download URL field.
>
> However, this feature breaks every time there is a new Ubuntu LTS
> point release. For example, a few months ago, the 22.04.2 ISOs were
> removed from https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/ and replaced with
> 22.04.3 ISOs.
>
> Is it possible to add symlinks there so that there is an official
> stable URL for the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS desktop amd64 ISO?
>
> Thank you,
> Jeremy Bícha
>
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