IBM BigFix Patches for Ubuntu is deprecating the following sites on January 15, 2017.
- Patches for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Patches for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and 10.04 LTS have reached end of life.
Moving forward, BigFix will no longer provide content and support for the Patches for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS site after the said date. Since BigFix version 9.2, BigFix has no longer provided content and support for the Patches for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS site. Both sites will have ‘Deprecated’ appended to the site name in the Overview dashboard starting January 15, 2017.
If you haven’t done so, migrate to the latest Patches for Ubuntu site. BigFix currently maintains the following sites:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Actions to take
If you haven’t done so yet, migrate to the latest Patches for Ubuntu site.
References
For more information about the Ubuntu end of life , see the following
- Ubuntu 8.04: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/05/10/ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron-end-of-life-reached-on-may-9-2013/
- Ubuntu 10.04: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/03/18/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-reaches-end-of-life-on-april-30-2015/.
Application Engineering Team
BigFix Patch
[This announcement has been updated to indicate that the site will have ‘Deprecated’ appended to the site name effective January 15, 2017.]