Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to get 10 years of support?

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Multiple sources quoting the following phrase Mark Shuttleworth said in OpenStack Summit 2018

I’m also delighted to announce that Ubuntu 18.04 will be supported for a full 10 years

building stories and stories upon this phrase.

The original phrase can also be found in Ubuntu Blog in Header: OpenStack progression, 3rd paragraph.

Do we have any updates upon this matter, something more explanatory and more …Official ?

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Mark’s announcement: https://youtu.be/V10cgn_avJE?t=418

Clearly related to OpenStack, server and IoT but not desktop.

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To get some official reaction we have two things:

  1. question on AskUbuntu “What are the specifics of 18.04’s ten year support?” asked by muru
  2. my bug 1803786 report against ubuntu-support-status (" ubuntu-support-status should report 10 years of support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS")

It is still unclear about the desktop. Waiting for reaction from Canonical staff.

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Maybe, by that time devs would find a way, how to stop D2D and Ubuntu Dock appearing at the same time…