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Tues August 30, 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
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Devel Kernel Announcements
Our Yakkety kernel is currently based on v4.6.7. We briefly had a v4.6 based kernel in yakkety-proposed, but it was revoked due to it's lack of support for some arm64 platforms. We believe we have this resolved and will look to re-upload asap.
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/yakkety
Our unstable branch has also been rebased to v4.8-rc4.
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/unstable
Also, as noted in previous newsletters, we are also going to target a v4.8 based kernel for the 16.10 release.
Stable Kernel Announcements
Current cycle: 26-Aug through 17-Sep
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26-Aug Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
29-Aug - 03-Sep Kernel prep week.
04-Sep - 16-Sep Bug verification & Regression testing..
19-Sep Release to -updates.
Kernel Versions
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precise 3.2.0-109.150
trusty 3.13.0-95.142
vivid 3.19.0-68.76
wily 4.2.0-42.49
xenial 4.4.0-36.55
lts-trusty 3.13.0-95.142~precise1
lts-utopic 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1
lts-vivid 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1
lts-wily 4.2.0-42.49~14.04.1
lts-xenial 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1
Next cycle: 16-Sep through 08-Oct
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16-Sep Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
19-Sep - 24-Sep Kernel prep week.
25-Sep - 07-Oct Bug verification & Regression testing..
10-Oct Release to -updates.
Status: CVE's
- The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
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