2016-01-12
Tues Jan 12, 2016
Introduction
This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on.
If you would like to reach the kernel team. You can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively you can mail the Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing list at: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com
Highlights
* Upstream kernel v4.4 was released.
* Vivid is going EOL in about 3 weeks. This is likely the last SRU cycle for it.
* A real-time page monitoring tool that Colin developed has landed in Xenial.
- The tool can be useful in tracking page activity in running processes:
Devel Kernel Announcements
We have rebased our unstable kernel repo to v4.4 and will follow suit in our Xenial repository shortly and upload it to the archive. Please stay tuned.
Stable Kernel Announcements
Current cycle: 10-Jan through 30-Jan
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08-Jan Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
10-Jan - 16-Jan Kernel prep week.
17-Jan - 23-Jan Bug verification & Regression testing.
24-Jan - 30-Jan Regression testing & Release to -updates.
Kernel Versions
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precise 3.2.0-97.137
trusty 3.13.0-74.118
vivid 3.19.0-43.49
wily 4.2.0-23.28
lts-trusty 3.13.0-74.118~precise1
lts-utopic 3.16.0-56.77~14.04.1
lts-vivid 3.19.0-43.49~14.04.1
lts-wily 4.2.0-23.28~14.04.1
Next cycle: 29-Jan through 20-Feb
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29-Jan Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
31-Jan - 06-Feb Kernel prep week.
07-Feb - 13-Feb Bug verification & Regression testing.
14-Feb - 20-Feb Regression testing & Release to -updates.
Status: CVE's
- The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-12 (last edited 2016-01-13 19:26:41 by jsalisbury)