Include SUPPORT_END in /etc/os-release
It would be really helpful for system integrators to have easy access to End Of Support dates in a programattic way.
systemd
r252 added support ref for the SUPPORT_END
value in /etc/os-release
:
* os-release gained a new field SUPPORT_END=YYYY-MM-DD to inform the
user when their system will become unsupported.
I realise Alpine Linux doesn't use systemd
however the convention exists and would be useful.
manpage for this includes:
SUPPORT_END=
The date at which support for this version of the OS ends.
(What exactly "lack of support" means varies between vendors,
but generally users should assume that updates, including
security fixes, will not be provided.) The value is a date in
the ISO 8601 format "YYYY-MM-DD", and specifies the first day
on which support is not provided.
For example, "SUPPORT_END=2001-01-01" means that the system
was supported until the end of the last day of the previous
millennium.
Added in version 252.
Could this be included in the non-edge release files?