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

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I'm working on a update to software-properties in 16.04 to support the
Ubuntu Pro tab. That work was already released to >=18.04, containing,
for example, in commit "Show extended security maintenance status"[1]:

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

That is functionality introduced in versions 0.15 and 0.16 of distro-
info, for which Xenial didn't receive a backport yet.

Test Plan
---------

1. Install the update.
2. Verify that running this in a shell prints a list of a correct list of EOL date (in YY-MM-DDDD format) and distribution name to the standard output:

--->
python3 <<EOF | sort -n
import distro_info
for d in distro_info.UbuntuDistroInfo().get_all(result="object"):
  print("%s %s" % (d.eol, d.codename))
EOF
<---

Regression potential
--------------------

If something were wrong with this update, reverse dependencies could
misidentify a given release, e.g. by incorrectly assessing a user
release as supported or no longer supported, LTS or non-LTS etc..

[1] https://git.launchpad.net/software-
properties/commit/?h=ubuntu/bionic&id=c2bb1f8eeb70e2a9c4b40f326d21c287dec1baa8

** Affects: distro-info (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: distro-info (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: patch
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[SRU] Please backport UbuntuDistroInfo().get_all(result="object") to Xenial
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2029089
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