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Tues Nov 17, 2015
Intro
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
Kamal has released 3.19.8-ckt10 stable.
Luis has placed 3.16.7-ckt20 stable out for review.
Kamal has placed 3.13.11-ckt30 stable out for review.
GKH selected v4.4 as the next upstream LTS kernel.
Devel Kernel Announcements
Our Xenial kernel is open for development. Our Xenial master branch is still tracking Wily's v4.2 based kernel, but Xenial master-next is currently rebased to v4.3.

Important upcoming dates:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule

Thurs Dec 31 - Alpha 1 (~ 6weeks away)

Stable Kernel Announcements
Status for the main kernels, until today:
Precise - Testing & Verification
lts-Trusty - Testing & Verification
Trusty - Testing & Verification
lts-Utopic - Testing & Verification
lts-Wily - Testing & Verification
Vivid - Testing & Verification
Wily - Testing & Verification
 
Current opened tracking bugs details:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/sru/kernel-sru-workflow.html
For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/sru/sru-report.html
 
 
Schedule:
 
Current cycle: 29-Nov through 19-Dec

               27-Nov Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
29-Nov - 05-Dec Kernel prep week.
06-Dec - 12-Dec Bug verification & Regression testing.
13-Dec - 19-Dec Regression testing & Release to -updates.

Next cycle: 08-Nov through 28-Nov

         06-Nov Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
08-Nov - 14-Nov Kernel prep week.
15-Nov - 21-Nov Bug verification & Regression testing.
22-Nov - 28-Nov Regression testing & Release to -updates.
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Status: CVE's
The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/reports/kernel-cves.html
=== Previous Newsletters ===
[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-07-05|Jul 05, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-06-28|Jun 28, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-06-21|Jun 21, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-06-07|Jun 07, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-05-31|May 31, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-05-24|May 24, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-05-17|May 17, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-05-03|May 03, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-10|Apr 19, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-12|Apr 12, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-05|Apr 05, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-03-29|Mar 29, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-03-22|Mar 22, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-03-01|Mar 01, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-23|Feb 23, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-16|Feb 16, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-09|Feb 09, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-02|Feb 02, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-26|Jan 26, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-19|Jan 19, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-12|Jan 12, 2016]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-12-15|Dec 15, 2015]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-12-08|Dec 08, 2015]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-12-01|Dec 01, 2015]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-11-24|Nov 24, 2015]]

[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-11-17|Nov 17, 2015]]

Tues July 05, 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


Devel Kernel Announcements

Our Yakkety kernel master-next tree has applied the latest v4.6.3 stable patches.

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/yakkety

Our unstable branch has been rebased to v4.7.

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: 24-Jun through 16-Jul
====================================================================
         24-Jun   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
27-Jun - 02-Jul   Kernel prep week.
03-Jul - 15-Jul   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         18-Jul   Release to -updates.

Kernel Versions
====================================================================
   precise  3.2.0-105.146
    trusty  3.13.0-91.138
     vivid  3.19.0-64.72
      wily  4.2.0-41.48
    xenial  4.4.0-28.47

lts-trusty  3.13.0-91.138~precise1
lts-utopic  3.16.0-76.98~14.04.1
lts-vivid   3.19.0-64.72~14.04.1
lts-wily    4.2.0-41.48~14.04.1
lts-xenial  4.4.0-28.47~14.04.1

Next cycle: 15-Jul through 06-Aug
====================================================================
         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.


Status: CVE's


Previous Newsletters

Jul 05, 2016

Jun 28, 2016

Jun 21, 2016

Jun 07, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 24, 2016

May 17, 2016

May 03, 2016

Apr 19, 2016

Apr 12, 2016

Apr 05, 2016

Mar 29, 2016

Mar 22, 2016

Mar 01, 2016

Feb 23, 2016

Feb 16, 2016

Feb 09, 2016

Feb 02, 2016

Jan 26, 2016

Jan 19, 2016

Jan 12, 2016

Dec 15, 2015

Dec 08, 2015

Dec 01, 2015

Nov 24, 2015

Nov 17, 2015

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