[idea] send message if user use EOL kernel

Feedback Feature Request
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With compare-branch we can view if kernel is not in unstable branch
if not: it’s EOL

json branch-compare is too big to download so create with same (or other) cron a small eol.json (or txt)
After, A pacman hook or pamac / msm(or mntray) can use this file for alert user ?

  • you use EOL kernel warning …
  • or? EOL installed (but not used) …
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Doesn’t Manjaro Setttings Managers notifier give a notification if a user uses a non-supported kernel?

I believe it used to at least.

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is not hard coded ? and not always updated …
Not found in code how to detect eol but Recommended is 54 ?

idea is precisely to be able to automatically centralize this information so that the manjaro tools can use it if they need or want

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I thought it would check the kernel list and if the one you have installed is not in the repo, it would display that notification.

The recommended kernel is hardcoded I think, but linu54 is still the latest LTS and therefore the recommended kernel.

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yes, it’s not a EOL kernel but old kernel. isn’t it too late? to get the info we must already have done this update (-Sy) : before update, kernel exists in local database
me is for send warning before

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I tried setting up something like this in pamac gnome integration some years ago, but repo compare would improve it. Also, I’m not sure if it actually ever worked…

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python script test “proof of concept” x86 with branch-compare data (file too big to download in prod)
linux57 is in unstable : add linux58 for test output

#!/usr/bin/python
import subprocess
import urllib.request, json

# curl -s "https://manjaro.org/branch-compare/datas.x86_64.txt" | python3 -m json.tool | less 
url = "https://manjaro.org/branch-compare/packages.x86_64.json"

response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
data = json.loads(response.read())['data']
# pkg only in stable/testing and in "core" repo
data = [p for p in data if (p[1]['testing'] == "n/a" or p[1]['unstable'] == "n/a") and p[1]['repository'] == "core" ]
eofs = set([p[0].split('#')[0] for p in data]) # want only names

#######      eofs.add('linux58') # for test

outk = subprocess.run('mhwd-kernel -li | grep -o "linux.*"',
                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
                         shell=True,
                         text=True).stdout.replace(')','')
kernels_user = set(outk.splitlines())
currentk = subprocess.run('mhwd-kernel -li | grep -o "(linux.*)"',
                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, 
                         shell=True,
                         text=True).stdout
currentk = currentk[1:-2]

print("EOF:", eofs, end="\n\n")
print("User kernels:", kernels_user)
print("current kernel:", currentk, end="\n\n")

diff = eofs.intersection(kernels_user)
if diff:
    print("common packages:", diff, " Warning kernel installed and EOL")
if any([ currentk in i for i in eofs]):
    print(f"ALERT, you use a EOL kernel {currentk}")

linux57 is in unstable : add linux58 for test output

EOF: {'linux58'}

User kernels: {'linux58', 'linux57', 'linux419'}
current kernel: linux58

common packages: {'linux58'}  Warning kernel installed and EOL
ALERT, you use EOL kernel linux58
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Would this help or could be made as mentioned here?
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/msn-and-mhwd-simplification-rework-graphical-concept/23730
Looking forward to know what your thoughts are, as coder and designer, about it :slight_smile: