** Description changed: + The ubuntu-advantage-tools package is a bit odd as it was first landed + in precise to support the ESM effort inside canonical. [0] In order to + bring this package up to date across other series in ubuntu, it has been + recommended by the Ubuntu Foundations team to land into trusty next, + then forward-port pocket-copy to all supported series until we get to + the devel release. + + The version here: + + https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/ubuntu-advantage-script/releases/tag/v2 + + ... has all on-disk bits correctly working, for all series, but no-ops + on any release other than precise (ESM is only for "unsupported" LTS + releases as it were). This is a request to land ESM into trusty, then + pocket-copy it to supported series of ubuntu once that is finished. + + [Impact] * Allow ubuntu-advantage users to access the extended security maintenance script with a simple command line tool. This script needs to hit precise machines and be easy for ubuntu-advantage customers to enable, thus basefiles was chosen as a home. [Test Case] * Run ubuntu-advantage, it should print out help * Run sudo ubuntu-advantage enable <token> (without sudo it will warn you), but you need to be an ubuntu-advantage customer to get that token. In the end, the script simply adds and removes an /etc/apt/sources.list.d entry. * you can contact me ([email protected]) if you would like a token for test purposes. [Regression Potential] * Low, this is a new script, not included in any automated startup paths. [Other Info] * http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/03/ubuntu-1204-esm.html + + [0] https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/14/introducing-ubuntu-12-04-esm- + extended-security-maintenance/
** Description changed: The ubuntu-advantage-tools package is a bit odd as it was first landed in precise to support the ESM effort inside canonical. [0] In order to bring this package up to date across other series in ubuntu, it has been recommended by the Ubuntu Foundations team to land into trusty next, then forward-port pocket-copy to all supported series until we get to the devel release. The version here: https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/ubuntu-advantage-script/releases/tag/v2 ... has all on-disk bits correctly working, for all series, but no-ops on any release other than precise (ESM is only for "unsupported" LTS - releases as it were). This is a request to land ESM into trusty, then - pocket-copy it to supported series of ubuntu once that is finished. - + releases as it were). This is a request to land ubuntu-advantage-tools + into trusty, then pocket-copy it to supported series of ubuntu once that + is finished. [Impact] * Allow ubuntu-advantage users to access the extended security maintenance script with a simple command line tool. This script needs to hit precise machines and be easy for ubuntu-advantage customers to enable, thus basefiles was chosen as a home. [Test Case] * Run ubuntu-advantage, it should print out help * Run sudo ubuntu-advantage enable <token> (without sudo it will warn you), but you need to be an ubuntu-advantage customer to get that token. In the end, the script simply adds and removes an /etc/apt/sources.list.d entry. * you can contact me ([email protected]) if you would like a token for test purposes. [Regression Potential] * Low, this is a new script, not included in any automated startup paths. [Other Info] * http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/03/ubuntu-1204-esm.html [0] https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/14/introducing-ubuntu-12-04-esm- extended-security-maintenance/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686183 Title: Ship ubuntu-advantage in ubuntu-minimal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/1686183/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
