In Precise after new HWE kernel was released the following message was displayed to the user:
"New hardware support is available [Install]".
This is perfectly correct, but I have received some complaints from sysadmins that this is a little bit misleading to end users.
The current approach leaves users with false sense of support and security - since they will not receive any (includnig *security*) kernel patches despite the fact that they have installed a LTS release.
In their opinion it should be emphasized that a new HWE kernel is required to prolong the LTS-nature of the installed system (since most of the HWE kernels will have up to a couple months of support).
So, if the current kernel is close to EOL and new HWE kernel is available the message should clearly recommend upgrading the kernel to maintain full system support.
In Precise after new HWE kernel was released the following message was displayed to the user:
"New hardware support is available [Install]".
This is perfectly correct, but I have received some complaints from sysadmins that this is a little bit misleading to end users.
The current approach leaves users with false sense of support and security - since they will not receive any (includnig *security*) kernel patches despite the fact that they have installed a LTS release.
In their opinion it should be emphasized that a new HWE kernel is required to prolong the LTS-nature of the installed system (since most of the HWE kernels will have up to a couple months of support).
So, if the current kernel is close to EOL and new HWE kernel is available the message should clearly recommend upgrading the kernel to maintain full system support.