2010-08-24-wxwidgets2.8-SRU-breaks-other-packages
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A wxwidgets2.8 lucid SRU has been breaking other packages depending on it. Those needed to be rebuilt. Despite the fact that this need was identified early, the SRU reached lucid-updates. | |
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* 2010-07-20 Devid Antonio Filoni uploads wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 to lucid-proposed, fixing bugs Bug:379573 and Bug:559822 * 2010-07-27 wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 accepted in lucid-proposed * 2010-07-28 pgadmin3 reported unusable for those that upgraded to lucid-proposed or maverick in bug Bug:610975 * 2010-08-06 Thierry Carrez mentions the regression on bugs Bug:379573 and Bug:559822 * 2010-08-06 Devid Antonio Filoni mentions we can rebuild pgadmin3 later, after packages acceptance * 2010-08-06 Devid Antonio Filoni uploads wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 to lucid-proposed, re-fixing bug Bug:559822 * 2010-08-17 wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 accepted in lucid-proposed * 2010-08-20 Jean-Baptiste Lallement marks 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 verification-failed due to regression * 2010-08-22 Devid Antonio Filoni changes verification-failed to verification-done, with comment "Fix works fine. In order to fix that regression we have to rebuild pgadmin3 package, that cannot be fixed in wxwidgets2.8." * 2010-08-24 Jean-Baptiste Lallement mentions SRU regression policy but the package was already pushed to -updates * 2010-08-24 Martin Pitt pushes quick rebuilds for the affected packages in order to quickly fix the situation without pulling off the wxwidgets2.8 update |
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* Regression was identified, and the SRU bug was marked verification-failed * Quick handling of the issue by jean-Baptiste and Martin ensured a small window of vulnerability to the issue |
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* The person who uploads the fix should not be allowed to edit verification-failed -> verification-done ? |
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Incident Description
A wxwidgets2.8 lucid SRU has been breaking other packages depending on it. Those needed to be rebuilt. Despite the fact that this need was identified early, the SRU reached lucid-updates.
Crisis Response Team
- Ubuntu SRU Team
Events
2010-07-20 Devid Antonio Filoni uploads wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 to lucid-proposed, fixing bugs 379573 and 559822
- 2010-07-27 wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 accepted in lucid-proposed
2010-07-28 pgadmin3 reported unusable for those that upgraded to lucid-proposed or maverick in bug 610975
2010-08-06 Thierry Carrez mentions the regression on bugs 379573 and 559822
- 2010-08-06 Devid Antonio Filoni mentions we can rebuild pgadmin3 later, after packages acceptance
2010-08-06 Devid Antonio Filoni uploads wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 to lucid-proposed, re-fixing bug 559822
- 2010-08-17 wxwidgets2.8 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 accepted in lucid-proposed
- 2010-08-20 Jean-Baptiste Lallement marks 2.8.10.1-0ubuntu1.2 verification-failed due to regression
- 2010-08-22 Devid Antonio Filoni changes verification-failed to verification-done, with comment "Fix works fine. In order to fix that regression we have to rebuild pgadmin3 package, that cannot be fixed in wxwidgets2.8."
- 2010-08-24 Jean-Baptiste Lallement mentions SRU regression policy but the package was already pushed to -updates
- 2010-08-24 Martin Pitt pushes quick rebuilds for the affected packages in order to quickly fix the situation without pulling off the wxwidgets2.8 update
Successes
- Regression was identified, and the SRU bug was marked verification-failed
- Quick handling of the issue by jean-Baptiste and Martin ensured a small window of vulnerability to the issue
Problems
- The package should not have reached -updates before the corresponding needed rebuilds were ready
Recommendations
The person who uploads the fix should not be allowed to edit verification-failed -> verification-done ?
IncidentReports/2010-08-24-wxwidgets2.8-SRU-breaks-other-packages (last edited 2010-08-25 03:51:22 by static-72-81-252-21)