Re:Some Ubuntu security patches are now behind 'Ubuntu Pro',...
by quadrifoliate on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:23PM
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Kind of, but it's sneakily hidden.
This is the webpage I'm looking at: https://ubuntu.com/security/esm
In the "Security Patching" comparison between Ubuntu LTS and Ubuntu Pro for the 23,000 Ubuntu Universe packages, they say "Best effort" for Ubuntu LTS v/s "10 years for Ubuntu Pro". This would lead a reasonable person to think "Okay, maybe it's 2-3 years at least for LTS?"
But in the graphic below for Universe, there is no orange section (unlike the 5 year line for Ubuntu Main). Which I think that Ubuntu LTS will now never guarantee any security patches for Universe, even if the distro came out yesterday.
Am I reading this wrong? I hope I am, but it seems to match people's experience.
No, it's happening in 22.04 to me.
> If not, y'know, bugs are also a thing that happens.
I don't think it's a bug, because what's actually happening matches what Canonical's website says is happening.