Ultimately if we decide to go with #2 here's a patch that I think would
limit both the time cost of a remote uRL query and the noisy logging:
--- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/utils.py
2021-06-10 23:20:22.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/utils.py.new
2021-07-14 15:19:14.485004311 -0600
@@ -76,23 +76,10 @@
def get_ua_status():
"""Return a dict of all UA status information or empty dict on error."""
# status.json will exist on any attached system or any unattached system
- # which has already run `ua status`. Calling ua status directly on
- # network disconnected machines will raise a TimeoutException trying to
- # access contracts.canonical.com/v1/resources.
- try:
- # Success writes UA_STATUS_JSON
- result = subprocess.run(['ua', 'status', '--format=json'],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
- except Exception as e:
- print("Failed to call ubuntu advantage client:\n%s" % e)
- return {}
- if result.returncode != 0:
- print("Ubuntu advantage client returned code %d" % result.returncode)
- return {}
-
+ # which has already run `sudo ua status`.
try:
status_file = open(UA_STATUS_JSON, "r")
except Exception as e:
- print("No ua status file written:\n%s" % e)
return {}
with status_file as stream:
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1920836
Title:
Show Extended Security Maintenence status
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in software-properties source package in Xenial:
New
Status in software-properties source package in Bionic:
Fix Committed
Status in software-properties source package in Focal:
Fix Committed
Status in software-properties source package in Hirsute:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
[Impact]
There is not currently a graphical method of determining if a system is
subscribed to [Extended Security Maintenance](https://ubuntu.com/security/esm)
updates. This is resolved by adding some [new
UI](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Extended_Security_Maintenance) to
the software properties application.
[Test Case]
1. Install latest version of Ubuntu advantage:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ua-client/stable
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
2. Open Software Properties
3. Go to Updates tab.
Expected result:
Information is shown that indicates if this system is using Extended Security
Maintenance updates, when updates will supported until, and a link to upgrade
to ESM.
Observed result:
No ESM information currently shown.
[Where problems could occur]
- Software properties could hit a bug getting a response from the ua app. The
current code carefully checks if and what is returned, falling back to a safe
default behavior.
- Launching software properties could trigger a bug in the ua app.
- Software properties could show incorrect information, causing confusion for
the user. The solution uses information from distro-info and the ua app which
means software-properties contains no data about ESM, and instead relies on
these apps that can be updated if things change.
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