[all variants] Call for testing Trusty HWE EOL upgrades

For general info please see:

http://ift.tt/1bs62zW

http://ift.tt/2aPV5fV

Put simply those who installed using 14.04.2, 14.04.3, or 14.04.4 images will be presented with HWE EOL notifications when this update-manager update moves from trusty-proposed to trusty-updates:

update-manager (1:0.196.16) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

* HweSupportStatus/consts.py: improve messages and recommend upgrading to
the correct release. (LP: #1498059)

-- Brian Murray <brian@ubuntu.com> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:42:06 -0700

Based on my own testing and a quick browse of the image manifests this effects Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and Kubuntu as well as both the desktop and server editions of Ubuntu itself.

The following seems to work for performing these tests:

Step #1: Install your desired flavor of Ubuntu 14.04.2, 14.04.3, or 14.04.4. Boot into the fresh installation when complete and apply all available updates via UI, then reboot when instructed. It seems important to apply the post-install updates via UI rather than using the terminal!

Step #2: Enable trusty-proposed, update the cache and run "apt-get install update-manager". (That will update the components needed to display HWE EOL notifications). Then disable trusty-proposed, set Notify me of a new release to Never, and update the apt cache again.

Step #3: Based on recent tests completing step #2 should be enough to launch the HWE EOL upgrade notification in which case you just need to choose to install the HWE upgrade and reboot when prompted.

If the HWE EOL notification fails to appear close any open update or notifier UI, then from terminal run "apt-get update" followed by "update-manager". If the HWE EOL notification still fails to appear then I'll have to go back to the drawing board.

I've so far encountered one bug which seems to be Ubuntu GNOME specific:

http://ift.tt/2aPUZot

Note: Only installations performed using the 14.04.2, 14.04.3, and 14.04.4 media are effected! The version number changes when the package base-files is updated:

base-files (7.2ubuntu5.5) trusty; urgency=medium

* /etc/issue, /etc/issue.net, /etc/lsb-release, /etc/os-release: Bump
version number to 14.04.5 in preparation for the point release.

-- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:48:43 -0600

But that is no indication of what kernel and Xstack is in use. It depends solely on what installation media was used, unless someone manually updated to a different HWE stack post-install.

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[all variants] Call for testing Trusty HWE EOL upgrades