amazon-ec2-net-utils-Updates
This document describes the policy for updating the amazon-ec2-net-utils package to new upstream versions in a stable, supported distro (including LTS releases). This is an exception to the standard SRU process.
amazon-ec2-net-utils is provided by Amazon for installation within guests that run on Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The package consists of scripts to configure the networking in the guest to work with multiple Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI).
Cloud platforms evolve at a rate that can't be handled in six-month increments, and they will often develop features that they would like to be available to customers who don't want to upgrade from earlier Ubuntu releases. As such, updating amazon-ec2-net-utils releases is required within all Ubuntu releases, so they continue to function properly in their environment.
New versions of amazon-ec2-net-utils can be SRU'd in to older releases provided the following process is followed.
QA Process
When a new version of amazon-ec2-net-utils is uploaded to -proposed, the following will be done:
The tests in https://github.com/canonical/server-test-scripts/cpc/aws/amazon-ec2-net-utils/ will be ran for regressions
- the CPC team will write new tests to cover new testable functionality (if any) in the new package
List of known regressions to test for:
- No known regressions at this time
If all the testing indicates that the image containing the new package is acceptable, verification will be considered to be done and the the package can be released from -proposed.
Requesting the SRU
The SRU should be done with a single process bug for this stable release exception, instead of individual bug reports for individual bug fixes. However, individual bugs may be referenced in the from the changelog but each of those bugs will need to independently verified and commented on for the SRU to be considered complete.