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| The July 2008 Sprint was held at the Canonical Lexington Mass. office. In attendance were: | The July 2008 Sprint will take place at the Canonical Lexington Mass. office. Attendees: |
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| * Ben Collins * Name 2 * Name 3 * Name 4 |
* Ben Collins (Kernel Team) * Pete Graner (Kernel Team) * Tim Gardner (Kernel Team) * Stefan Bader (Kernel Team) * Leann Ogasawara (QA Team) * Adilson Oliveira (FAE/SGE) |
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| == Proposed Agenda == | == Agenda == |
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| * Debian Packaging (Joint with server, by Kees?) * Kernel Packaging 101 (By Ben) |
== Day 1 Monday 14 June 2008 == === AM Session === * Discuss the role of a stable kernel engineer & job description (pgraner) * Track CVEs and security issues * Apply backports, develop fixes, work with Linux vendor community or resolution of security issues * Test & Validate Security Fixes * Debian Packing hight desirable. (Can be taught) * git understanding * upstream kernel experience desired * coordinate regression testing with the community. * SRU development for Ubuntu stable releases * driver backporting to stable releases * work with QA to identify SRU candidates * C, upstream kernel build procedures * Discuss the policies regarding the current SRU practice for -updates => -security (in relation to the above topic of stable engineer)(pgraner) * Review progress of fglrx and nvidia DKMS packaging === PM Session === * Decide the fate of '''stable kABI''' [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Stable_kABI] (pgraner)1 hr. * Possibly use/link into http://www.kerneloops.org/ either from cmdline/apport, or LP? == Day 2 Tuesday 15 June 2008 == === AM Session === * Overview of specs from UDS, defer, complete or mark as done. * DKMS Packaging overview (by Ben?) === PM Session === * Debian Packaging (Ben & Joint with server, by Kees?) == Day 3 Wednesday 16 June 2008 == === AM Session === * Discuss a new bug policy for updating bugs from release to release (proposal from Leann) * Discuss Upstream Vanilla Kernel PPA for the QA & Support teams (pgraner) |
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| == Day 1 == | === PM Session === * Learn from kernel QA engineer (Leann) about best practices and processes for kernel bug triaging and isolating problems, especially some of its practices. Possible highlights, suspend/resume and sound. (requested by Adilson) * Hardware Enablement Proposal Review (pgraner)1 hr. |
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== Day 4 == === AM Session === * Kernel Packaging 101 (by Ben) === PM Session === * Learn how to track changes in kernel infrastructure, especially modifications to linux-ubuntu-modules (lum), linux-restricted-modules (lrm) and linux-backports-modules (requested by Adilson) |
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* One on one time with team members * Add hoc meeting/networking time |
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| == Day 3 == | == Sessions requested from kernel team == |
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Put things here for OOB sessions with the kernel team or one of its members. Add your name for a list-of-interest. |
NOTE: This is just a place holder until the sprint takes place.
The July 2008 Sprint will take place at the Canonical Lexington Mass. office. Attendees:
- Ben Collins (Kernel Team)
- Pete Graner (Kernel Team)
- Tim Gardner (Kernel Team)
- Stefan Bader (Kernel Team)
- Leann Ogasawara (QA Team)
- Adilson Oliveira (FAE/SGE)
Agenda
Day 1 Monday 14 June 2008
AM Session
Discuss the role of a stable kernel engineer & job description (pgraner)
- Track CVEs and security issues
- Apply backports, develop fixes, work with Linux vendor community or resolution of security issues
Test & Validate Security Fixes
- Debian Packing hight desirable. (Can be taught)
- git understanding
- upstream kernel experience desired
- coordinate regression testing with the community.
- SRU development for Ubuntu stable releases
- driver backporting to stable releases
- work with QA to identify SRU candidates
- C, upstream kernel build procedures
Discuss the policies regarding the current SRU practice for -updates => -security (in relation to the above topic of stable engineer)(pgraner)
- Review progress of fglrx and nvidia DKMS packaging
PM Session
Decide the fate of stable kABI [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Stable_kABI] (pgraner)1 hr.
Possibly use/link into http://www.kerneloops.org/ either from cmdline/apport, or LP?
Day 2 Tuesday 15 June 2008
AM Session
- Overview of specs from UDS, defer, complete or mark as done.
- DKMS Packaging overview (by Ben?)
PM Session
Debian Packaging (Ben & Joint with server, by Kees?)
Day 3 Wednesday 16 June 2008
AM Session
- Discuss a new bug policy for updating bugs from release to release (proposal from Leann)
Discuss Upstream Vanilla Kernel PPA for the QA & Support teams (pgraner)
PM Session
- Learn from kernel QA engineer (Leann) about best practices and processes for kernel bug triaging and isolating problems, especially some of its practices. Possible highlights, suspend/resume and sound. (requested by Adilson)
- Hardware Enablement Proposal Review (pgraner)1 hr.
Day 4
AM Session
- Kernel Packaging 101 (by Ben)
PM Session
- Learn how to track changes in kernel infrastructure, especially modifications to linux-ubuntu-modules (lum), linux-restricted-modules (lrm) and linux-backports-modules (requested by Adilson)
Day 5
- One on one time with team members
- Add hoc meeting/networking time
Sessions requested from kernel team
Put things here for OOB sessions with the kernel team or one of its members. Add your name for a list-of-interest.
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