Nss3.12.3
Intro
nss needs to be updated to keep upstream security support; nss has a strict ABI policy and maintain symbol version scripts which makes it possible for us to do a full new upstream version update in hardy/intrepid/jaunty.
However, this requires to test some special testing as we will have higher versions in ${release}-security than in ${release+1}; e.g. users that upgrade from $release to $release+1 will not get a package update. This should not be a problem, but requires some special testing on top of the normal testing.
Resources
The ppa that contains the new nss packages is : https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-security/+archive/nss3.12.3
special test cases
install intrepid release without security updates and upgrade the nspr/nss packages to the new hardy version; verify that rdepends still work; for firefox its important to test various aspects of nss: https, certificate display and the various things in preferences -> advanced -> security.
install jaunty release without security updates and upgrade the nspr/nss packages to the new intrepid version; verify that rdepends still work; for firefox its important to test various aspects of nss: https, certificate display and the various things in preferences -> advanced -> security.
TODOs
Task |
assignee |
status |
pre test hardy |
|
TODO |
pre test intrepid |
|
TODO |
pre test jaunty |
|
TODO |
special test on intrepid (above) |
|
TODO |
special test on jaunty (above) |
|
TODO |
roll out to -proposed |
asac |
TODO |
verify -proposed |
asac |
TODO |
pocket copy to -security -updates -proposed |
jdstrand |
TODO |
verify post release bugs |
asac |
TODO |
MozillaTeam/SecurityNotes/Nss3.12.3 (last edited 2009-07-31 12:40:58 by g229178221)