2016-07-19

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Tues July 19, 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

  • stress-ng V0.06.12 released in Yakkety; includes a more generic icache stressor and a new GCC atomic ops stressor; plus a load of bug fixes.
  • We released Linux 3.19.8-ckt23 stable (and 3.19.y has now reached EOL)
  • We released Linux 4.2.8-ckt13 stable (and 4.2.y has now reached EOL)

Devel Kernel Announcements

Stable Kernel Announcements

Current cycle: 15-Jul through 06-Aug
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         15-Jul   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
18-Jul - 23-Jul   Kernel prep week.
24-Jul - 05-Aug   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         08-Aug   Release to -updates.

Kernel Versions
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  precise  3.2.0-106.147
    trusty  3.13.0-92.139
     vivid  3.19.0-65.73
      wily  4.2.0-42.49
    xenial  4.4.0-31.50

lts-trusty  3.13.0-92.139~precise1
lts-utopic  3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1
lts-vivid   3.19.0-65.73~14.04.1
lts-wily    4.2.0-42.49~14.04.1
lts-xenial  4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1

Next cycle: 05-Aug through 27-Aug
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         05-Aug   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
08-Aug - 13-Aug   Kernel prep week.
14-Aug - 26-Aug   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         29-Aug   Release to -updates.

Status: CVE's