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Idea #14555: List of official end-of-life dates at www.ubuntu.com

Written by medigeek the 18 Oct 08 at 22:32. Related project: ubuntu.com. Status: New
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Short idea description:
It would be good to have an *official* list of end-of-life dates for each Ubuntu release.

Long idea description:
I have noticed that the release information and "end of life" dates (aka EoL) are listed at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Instead of having to browse through news announcements at mailing lists or posts at the news, www.ubuntu.com should have a page that lists various important release info such as the end of life dates. A wiki page is not the official way to list important information such as this one.

Example: http://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup
They list end-of-life dates as a security-related part of information.

www.ubuntu.com could have a www.ubuntu.com/security page that lists the EoL of each release, and probably be merged with the list of www.ubuntu.com/usn somehow.

This list could be taken from the wiki.ubuntu.com and listing it at an www.ubuntu.com subpage would make people feel more ensured about the information provided there, since not everyone has access to edit information at that site.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14555
Written by medigeek the 18 Oct 08 at 22:32.
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steveydoteu wrote on the 19 Oct 08 at 12:28
There is little need in cluttering the main site, when there is a wiki provided to give a wealth of information.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

steveydoteu wrote on the 19 Oct 08 at 12:38
An after thought also, the fact that the entry to the wiki is immutable means it cannot just be edited by anybody that feels like it.

medigeek wrote on the 19 Oct 08 at 13:06
Unfortunately, the page is immutable for people that haven't logged in to the wiki system. If you log in, you get a working "Edit" link

Faryshta wrote on the 19 Oct 08 at 17:57
There is a page on wikipedia.

medigeek wrote on the 20 Oct 08 at 01:03
Faryshta, the page on Wikipedia is also editable by everyone. I cannot stress enough the importance of the accuracy of (in my opinion) such sensitive release-related information


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