Re: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2017-03-24 at 14:07 -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback. I think
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Support
> is more clear now

Yes much better, thank you!

> While https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases is not clear, the individual
> release pages do mention the support lifespan at the top of the page.

True.

Thanks for the pointers!

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Re: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
>> Support
>>
>>   * 3 years – see releases.

Thanks for your feedback. I think
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Support
is more clear now.

While https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases is not clear, the individual
release pages do mention the support lifespan at the top of the page.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes

Unless supported by a particular flavor, packages outside of 'main' or
'restricted' are generally only supported for the first 3 years of an
LTS. But almost everybody uses at least some packages in 'universe'.

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha

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Re: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2017-03-24 at 12:26 -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> Ubuntu GNOME announced its 14.04 LTS release on April 17, 2014.
> Codenamed "Trusty Tahr", 14.04 was Ubuntu GNOME's first LTS release.
> The Ubuntu GNOME team committed to supporting this version for three
> years. That support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu GNOME
> 14.04 LTS will reach end of life on Friday, April 28th.

Thanks Jeremy.

Ubuntu supports LTS releases for 5 years, not 3, and their wiki page
reflects that:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

If Ubuntu GNOME has a different support cadence I think the statements
on the Ubuntu GNOME website about this are misleading in some ways; for
example:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME

> Support
>
>   * 3 years – see releases.

"3 years" is clear, _but_ then there's a link to the Ubuntu Releases
wiki page, which states 5 years.  I couldn't find anything on the Ubuntu
Releases wiki page related to the variants like Ubuntu GNOME so it seems
like that page could be more misleading than helpful.  Maybe Ubuntu
GNOME should create its own Releases page, similar to the Ubuntu
Releases page, except with correct EOL dates for Ubuntu GNOME...?

Just an observation...

Cheers!

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