** Tags removed: quantal raring saucy
** Tags added: trusty utopic vivid

** Description changed:

- Ubuntu 13.10
  
  Digging around bugs reported on bugs.launchpad, i've seen a bunch of reports 
rised by users (mostly new comers i suppose) not knowing about versions having 
reached EndOfLife.
   Most of these reports was against "solftware-center" : like, "got server 
error 500" or "i does not understand why software-center cant download even if 
my network works with the browser". So launchpad get flooded by invalid reports.
  
  Users have to be aware of such a case : the different tools
  (installer/updater) should detect the different EOL version, and be able
  to display a popup message saying something like "that version is no
  more available, choose a newer ubuntu release"; on the other hand Apport
  also need to refuse such reports.
  
  Related packages : apt, synaptic, software-center (for the gnome world;
  but i suppose the other DEs are also concerned)
  
  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#upgrades>: "If no updates are
  available but a new version of Ubuntu is, the alert should have
  “Upgrade…” and “OK” buttons (replacing the separate “Ubuntu {version}
  Upgrade Available” dialog), and text depending on the situation..."

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  installing/updating tools need to detect EOL versions

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