EndOfLifeProcess
Revision 2 as of 2007-09-14 11:10:59
Clear message
To be carried out by: Ubuntu Release Manager
Goals:
- Inform users of a supported Ubuntu release of its imminent end-of-life and corresponding termination of maintenance and support
30 days prior to end of life:
Send EndOfLifeAnnouncement to ubuntu-announce, ubuntu-security-announce
- Post news item on website
Add news item to UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
At end of life:
- Set release to OBSOLETE in Launchpad
update http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release and set the release to "Supported: 0" (mvo)
Get somebody with access to the Canonical wiki to update https://wiki.canonical.com/Support/UbuntuLifeCycles for Canonical support
Deactivate any milestones for the release. Look at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/$releasename/+milestones
At some point (? how long?) after the EndOfLifeAnnouncement:
Archive the release on [http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ old-releases]
Remove it from [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ the archive]