[Bug 2029089] Re: Please backport UbuntuDistroInfo().get_all(result="object") to Xenial

[Robie Basak]

We have an exception for ubuntu-advantage-tools because it provides the
"gateway" to Pro for users - without that we'd end up with a circular
problem that would just make it difficult for users to initially enable
Pro.

I think probably that also should apply to other packages involved in
providing that gateway. It sounds like this should qualify. I'll ask to
see if there's SRU team consensus on this.

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Title:
  Please backport UbuntuDistroInfo().get_all(result="object") to Xenial

Status in distro-info package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I'm working on a update to software-properties in 16.04 to support the
  Ubuntu Pro tab. This work has already been released to >=18.04 (e.g.
  check Pro commits to https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-
  dev/software-properties/+git/software-properties/+ref/ubuntu/bionic),
  but Xenial didn't receive a backport. Could you please procure that?

  The commit in question is "Show extended security maintenance status"
  which adds:

  ```python
  def current_distro():
      distro = aptsources.distro.get_distro()
      di = distro_info.UbuntuDistroInfo()
      releases = di.get_all(result="object")
      [...]
  ```

  This was added in distro-info 0.15 and 0.16.

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