On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:21 AM Thomas Ward <tew...@thomas-ward.net> wrote: > > And once more, ESM rears its head. > > ESM comes with no community support. Support for ESM releases is for *paid > Canonical support via Ubuntu Advantage subscriptions*.
Just to clarify this slightly, ESM does not come with any (non-security) bug-fix support, even paid ESM. ESM provides updates to fix security-related issues/bugs. Both community support, as well as paid UA contract support (for non-security bug fixes), end when a release reaches End of Standard Support. > The Community Council clarified this with Canonical who will be putting out a > more descriptive document explaining ESM and this information. None of the > prior releases RE: ESM had any details about End of Standard Support - thats > a new thing that was recently added to releases. So yes ESM repos will get > you additonal security patches but it won't extend to community support - > that will require paid Canonical contracts. > > 16.04 to 18.04 is a valid upgrade path so d-r-u will work. But you will still > need to upgrade to 18.04 and I recommend doing that sooner than later. > > > Thomas > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> > Date: 4/24/21 10:09 (GMT-05:00) > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: firebird3.0 install on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus) > > On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:27:30 -0400, Thomas Ward wrote: > >Be aware though: 16.04.7 goes past End of Standard Support this month > >- you should consider upgrading 16.04 to 18.04 before the end of > >standard support happens. > > Doesn't do-release-upgrade after April work anymore? I suspect that it > at least does work until April 2023, when Ubuntu 18.04 standard support > ends. If a release upgrade isn't needed, 16.04 should be (more or > less) good until April 2024. Am I mistaken? > > "Is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS still supported beyond April 2021? > > Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will still be supported beyond its free initial > five-year maintenance period in April 2021, as it transitions to the > extended security maintenance phase - with three additional years of > security ensured. > > Learn more about Ubuntu 16.04 LTS moving to ESM › > Free for personal use > > Canonical provides Ubuntu Advantage Essential subscriptions, which > include ESM, free of charge for individuals on up to 3 machines. For > our community of Ubuntu members we will gladly increase that to 50 > machines. Your personal subscription will also cover Livepatch. Get ESM > now" - https://ubuntu.com/security/esm > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
