This is certainly a good solution, but are you suggesting that bug reporting be silently disabled at EOL, or that when the user attempts to run it they also get an explanation of why they can't do it?
I personally believe that education about why it is bad to run outdated software is the best approach, along with the technical solution - many users for whatever reason simply do not no there is a newer version of Ubuntu available (I have seen on several occasions the OEM/person who installed it for them disable updates). I think that when the user tries to report a bug in an obsolete release they should be given a warning message containing instructions or a "button" to open update manager to upgrade to a supported release, and then an explanation of why bug reporting has been disabled. Also, could this not be done on the server's side instead of the client? Apport sends the version number of the distro that the computer has installed on it to Launchpad when reporting bugs doesn't it? (For example I can see in the description of bugs reported through Apport for Oneiric the string: "DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834895 Title: ubuntu-bug and package install failures should be disabled when a release reaches EOL To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/834895/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
