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20120925 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

• Q/omap4: a new Q/omap4 3.5 kernel is out (3.5.0-211.18) and it contains:
• fixes for /dev/rtc
• an updated kernel rebased on Ubuntu-3.5.0-15.22 /dev/rtc was the last item on my todo list: we are feature complete and work is concentrating on squashing bugs and closing tickets from now on.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

• Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

• apw	hardware-q-kernel-config-review	3 work item
  	hardware-q-kernel-delta-review	2 work items
  	hardware-q-kernel-misc	1 work item
  ogasawara	hardware-q-kernel-misc	1 work item

  If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-2 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

• We have uploaded the 3.5.0-15.23 Quantal kernel. This upload most notably reverts some problematic i915 backlight patches. This is the kernel which we intend to ship with Beta-2. This has also been uploaded to the q-lts-backport [1] PPA to help facilitate testing of the 12.10 kernel in 12.04. We welcome anyone to please install, test, and let us know your feedback.

  [1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport Important upcoming dates:

  • Thurs Sept 27 - Beta 2 (~2 days)
  • Thurs Oct 4 - Kernel Freeze (~1 week)
  • Thurs Oct 9 - Final Freeze (~2 weeks)
  • Thurs Oct 18 - 12.10 Final (~3 weeks)

Status: CVE's

• == 2012-09-25 (weekly) ==

  
  Currently we have 42 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE retired this week. See the CVE matrix for the current list:

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates - Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

• Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 25):
  • Hardy - In Preparation; 1 CVEs; (1 commits)
  • Lucid - In Preparation; 3 CVEs; (12 commits)
  • Oneiric - In Preparation; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (54 commits)
  • Precise - In Preparation; 1 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (234 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

  • http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

Open Discussion or Questions? Raise your hand to be recognized

• No open discussion.