The problem ubuntu/canonical needs to address

[Colin Law]

On 4 June 2011 13:01, Ioannis Vranos <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do we know if a package is an LTS package and can be safely
> upgraded, while another package is not? From the Ubuntu icon, beside
> the package?

I don't understand the question.  If you have an LTS version of Ubuntu
(and are using the standard repositories) then all package upgrades
you are offered will be for the LTS version.

Colin