** Description changed:
Impact
======
The purpose of osinfo-db is to provide a database of guest operating systems
for use by virtualization provisioning tools using the libosinfo library. The
two primary users are the GNOME Boxes and Virt Manager apps.
This SRU updates the database to the latest release including OS updates
- for the second half of 2024 including the release of Ubuntu 24.10 and
- the end of life of Ubuntu 23.10. It also adds Ubuntu 25.04 as a
- prerelease so that 25.04 ISOs are recognized (although it won't be
- suggested for download by GNOME Boxes)
+ for the first half of 2025 including the release of Ubuntu 25.04. It
+ also adds Ubuntu 25.10 as a prerelease so that 25.10 ISOs are recognized
+ (although it won't be suggested for download by GNOME Boxes)
Test Case 0
===========
osinfo-db has an extensive test suite to validate the data files. If the test
suite fails, it will fail the build. These tests are also run as autopkgtests.
Ensure the build succeeds and the autopkgtest passes
Test Case 1
===========
1. Install the update
2. Open a terminal and run
sudo apt install gnome-boxes
3. Run gnome-boxes
4. Click + then press "Download an operating system" (The UI varies depending
on the version of gnome-boxes).
- 5. Select Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64 (Live)
+ 5. Select Ubuntu 25.04 x86_64 (Live)
6. The ISO will download to your Downloads folder
- 7. When it completes, the wizard will prompt you to create a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
virtual machine.
+ 7. When it completes, the wizard will prompt you to create a Ubuntu 25.04
virtual machine.
Complete the wizard.
- 8. The virtual machine should start. Finish installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
inside. Afterwards, restart and log into the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtual machine.
- 9. Open a terminal and run this command: cat /etc/os-release to verify that
you are using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
+ 8. The virtual machine should start. Finish installing Ubuntu 25.04 inside.
Afterwards, restart and log into the Ubuntu 25.04 virtual machine.
+ 9. Open a terminal and run this command: cat /etc/os-release to verify that
you are using Ubuntu 25.04.
10. Afterwards, you can power off the virtual machine.
Test Case 2
===========
From a terminal, run
osinfo-query os vendor="Canonical Ltd"
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10
- should be included in the list.
+ Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10 should be
+ included in the list.
Where problems could occur
==========================
It is always possible to use ISOs not recognized by osinfo-db with either
GNOME Boxes or Virt Manager. osinfo-db provides useful metadata like
recommended RAM, recommended hard disk size, and what virtualized hardware
interfaces are supported.
This update significantly improves the ability of those apps to
- recognize distros released in the first half of 2024, while also
+ recognize distros released in the first half of 2025, while also
updating some metadata details for older releases.
The most likely possible problem is that some download links may no
longer work. However, we know that the Ubuntu 23.04 download links were
broken before this update and 24.04 LTS was marked as pre-release so in
general download links will be better with this update.
Other Info
==========
- I expect that this will be the last osinfo-db update for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
since the next SRU is expected to be after the initial 3 years of Ubuntu 22.04
LTS's life and osinfo-db is in universe. Updates are possible if someone wants
to do the work, but I have limited time.
+ As mentioned in LP: #2097021, I am not preparing this SRU for Ubuntu 22.04
LTS.
+
+ I am also not doing this SRU for Ubuntu 24.10 which will reach End of
+ Life soon. I think it is reasonable for people wanting new features or
+ bug fixes to upgrade from Ubuntu 24.10 to 25.04 now.
** Also affects: osinfo-db (Ubuntu Noble)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: osinfo-db (Ubuntu Plucky)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: osinfo-db (Ubuntu Noble)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: osinfo-db (Ubuntu Plucky)
Status: New => Triaged
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