What defines a "Server" / which packages are supported?

[Nicolas Barcet]

On 11/11/2009 04:25 PM, James Dinkel wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Nicolas Barcet 
> <nick.barcet at canonical.com <mailto:nick.barcet at canonical.com>> wrote:
>
>     What defines a server is:
>      - the kernel used
>      - the seed that contains each packages in main as explained in [1].
>
>     As checking which package is in which seed is a bit complex, I
>     have been
>     working a script that provides the end-of-life(EOL) of each package
>     installed on a given system [2].
>
>     For Dapper, as the seeds where not properly organized to automate this
>     fully in a satisfactory manner, please refer to the email
>     announcing the
>     desktop EOL [3].
>
>     [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement
>     [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-maintenance-check
>     [3]
>     https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-July/000123.html
>
> I've always kept a minimal amount of packages installed on my 
> servers.  For instance, I'm pretty certain that a default install from 
> the "Server" disc plus Apache and php, would all be considered 
> "server" packages.  I don't put X, Gnome, etc on it.  With that said, 
> it would be nice to know for certain the EOL for all packages.  Maybe 
> even having a script that will run on your own system and list any 
> packages that are not under "server" support.

I may not have been clear, but this is exactly what I have been trying 
to provide with ubuntu-maintenance-check [2]. Please give it a try and 
file wishlist bugs if you would like to see additional features.

Nick