0001190: [RFE] start using os-release SUPPORT_END=YYYY-MM-DD

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001190	Rocky-Linux-8	rocky-release	public	2022-11-29 19:31	2023-06-02 20:08

Reporter	Pat Riehecky	Assigned To	Louis Abel
Priority	none	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed

Summary	0001190: [RFE] start using os-release SUPPORT_END=YYYY-MM-DD
Description	Following https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2105402 . Currently RHEL systemd doesn't recognize this metadata, but it is still handy to have a unified way to check for EOL date from the OS itself. Description of problem: Systemd has added a field to os-release called SUPPORT_END which can be useful for folks to generate automated reminders of systems nearing their end of support. Starting with systemd 252 the system can use this metadata directly.
Additional Information	Additional info: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23924/files A sample script to begin notifying folks about pending end of life is provided in: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/21764
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Pat Riehecky 2022-11-29 19:31 reporter ~0001354	A similar fix would be welcome in Rocky Linux 9 as well.

Louis Abel 2022-11-29 21:14 administrator ~0001355	Thank you for the RFE. Unfortunately, Rocky Linux 8 uses systemd 239 and Rocky Linux 9 uses 250. They do not have the patches necessary to support the SUPPORT_END feature, and it's unlikely that Red Hat would backport it. While I do like the idea of supporting such a feature, I'm not sure of the implications of backporting it just for Rocky Linux (as at that point it would make us begin to deviate). While this is the case though, this wouldn't stop us from adding SUPPORT_END to our /etc/os-release file (keeping in mind there would be no direct system utility that would use it).

Pat Riehecky 2022-12-22 15:04 reporter ~0001882	With https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/systemd/-/merge_requests/59 merged into CentOS Stream, I'd love to have this ready for 9.2

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2022-11-29 19:31	Pat Riehecky	New Issue
2022-11-29 19:31	Pat Riehecky	Note Added: 0001354
2022-11-29 21:14	Louis Abel	Assigned To	=> Louis Abel
2022-11-29 21:14	Louis Abel	Status	new => needinfo
2022-11-29 21:14	Louis Abel	Note Added: 0001355
2022-12-22 15:04	Pat Riehecky	Note Added: 0001882
2023-06-02 20:08	Louis Abel	Status	needinfo => closed
2023-06-02 20:08	Louis Abel	Resolution	open => fixed