Public bug reported: The libsdl* packages from 16.04 have the wrong support timeframe set into the package info. Therefore they are falsely shown as unsupported on the "ubuntu-support-status" output:
~$ apt show libsdl1.2-dev Package: libsdl1.2-dev Version: 1.2.15+dfsg1-3 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libsdl1.2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Original-Maintainer: Debian SDL packages maintainers <[email protected]> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2.807 kB Provides: libsdl-dev Depends: libsdl1.2debian (= 1.2.15+dfsg1-3), libasound2-dev, libcaca-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libpulse-dev, libx11-dev, libxext-dev Conflicts: libsdl-dev Replaces: libsdl-dev Homepage: http://www.libsdl.org/ Supported: 9m Download-Size: 707 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer (Entwicklungsdateien) SDL ist eine Bibliothek, die Programmen portablen Zugriff auf systemnaher Ebene auf einen Video-Bildspeicher, Audioausgaben, Maus und Tastatur ermöglicht. . Das Paket enthält die notwendigen Dateien zum Kompilieren und Linken von Programmen, die SDL nutzen. This should be set to the 5years LTS timeframe (since its in main) and not to 9months. ** Affects: libsdl1.2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710721 Title: This packages have the wrong timeframe set for the xenial LTS release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl1.2/+bug/1710721/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
