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ubuntu-advantage-tools package

ubuntu-advantage-tools should not be auto-installed on supported Ubuntu releases

Bug #1928604 reported by Norbert
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ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

I understand that Canonical thinks about financial profit. It is business and it is good.

But please do not install ubuntu-advantage-tools to supported releases like 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS and 21.04. It may confuse users. Users do not expect ESM existence on supported systems.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

In other words ubuntu-minimal should not depend on ubuntu-advantage-tools for supported releases.
You can make this dependency time-based. For example in 2023-05 add this dependency for 18.04 LTS. But currently it is not needed.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Lucas Kanashiro (lucaskanashiro) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to file this bug and trying to make Ubuntu better.

ubuntu-advantage-tools does not provide only a way to enable ESM, it also provides a bunch of other services (from the project README):

"The Ubuntu Advantage client provides users with a simple mechanism to view, enable, and disable offerings from Canonical on their system. The following entitlements are supported:

    Common Criteria EAL2 certification artifacts provisioning
    Canonical CIS Benchmark Audit Tool
    Ubuntu Extended Security Maintenance
    FIPS 140-2 Certified Modules
    FIPS 140-2 Non-Certified Module Updates
    Livepatch Service
"

Those other services might be useful in non-EOL releases. Due to that, the package is installed by default in all supported releases.

Changed in ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: jammy
removed: groovy
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