Public bug reported:
The motd-news script is largely useless for desktop users, as they
rarely login via a text console. It makes more sense for server users.
We can use package dependencies to have the motd-news script enabled on
servers, but disabled on desktops, and still handle upgrades. This is the plan:
- move /etc/default/motd-news from base-files into a NEW package
(motd-news-config)
- have ubuntu-server depend on motd-news-config (or recommends)
- have base-files break current ubuntu-server, so that if base-files if
upgraded and ubuntu-server is installed, ubuntu-server will also be upgraded to
the new version which has the depends (or recommends) on motd-news-config
Care must be taken to preserve a changed /etc/default/motd-news when the
upgrade installs the new motd-news-config package. For example, on a
server that has set ENABLED=0 in /etc/default/motd-news and upgrades to
the new base-files and ubuntu-server, and gets the new motd-config-news
package, ENABLED=0 must remain set.
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Xenial)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Groovy)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Groovy)
Status: New => In Progress
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Split motd-news config into a new package
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