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20120925 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

Q/omap4: a new Q/omap4 3.5 kernel is out (3.5.0-211.18) and it contains:

• fixes for /dev/rtc
• an updated kernel rebased on Ubuntu-3.5.0-15.22
  /dev/rtc was the last item on my todo list: we are feature complete and
  work is concentrating on squashing bugs and closing tickets from now on.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-2 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

We have uploaded the 3.5.0-15.23 Quantal kernel. This upload most
notably reverts some problematic i915 backlight patches. This is the
kernel which we intend to ship with Beta-2. This has also been uploaded
to the q-lts-backport [1] PPA to help facilitate testing of the 12.10
kernel in 12.04. We welcome anyone to please install, test, and let us
know your feedback.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport
Important upcoming dates:

• Thurs Sept 27 – Beta 2 (~2 days)
• Thurs Oct 4 – Kernel Freeze (~1 week)
• Thurs Oct 9 – Final Freeze (~2 weeks)
• Thurs Oct 18 – 12.10 Final (~3 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2012-09-25 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 42 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE retired this week.

See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 25):

• Hardy – In Preparation; 1 CVEs; (1 commits)
• Lucid – In Preparation; 3 CVEs; (12 commits)
• Oneiric – In Preparation; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (54 commits)
• Precise – In Preparation; 1 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (234 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

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20120918 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

Q/omap4: a new Q/omap4 3.5 kernel is out (3.5.0-210.16) and it contains:

• fixes for the video/unity flicker bug
• an updated kernel based on Ubuntu-3.5.0-14.16
  Working on restoring rtc/mfd_palmas functionalities at the moment.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-2 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

We have uploaded the 3.5.0-15.20 Quantal kernel. This upload most
notably contains an update to the v3.5.4 upstream stable kernel,
eCryptfs bug fixes, and haswell graphics support patches. This has also
been uploaded to the q-lts-backport [1] PPA to help facilitate testing
of the 12.10 kernel in 12.04. We welcome anyone to please install,
test, and let us know your feedback.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport
Important upcoming dates:

• Thurs Sept 20 – Beta 2 Freeze (~2 days)
• Thurs Sept 27 – Beta 2 (~1 week)
• Thurs Oct 4 – Kernel Freeze (~2 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2012-09-18 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 76 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE added this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 18):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In -updates; 3 CVEs; (9 commits)
• Natty – In -updates; 4 CVEs; (9 commits)
• Oneiric – In -updates; 2 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (67 commits)
• Precise – In Testing; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (66 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

  NOTE: this is the *last* Natty kernel being built.

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The Quantal will stay on v3.5 and not be rebased to v3.6.

We have uploaded a new Quantal linux kernel to quantal-proposed. Please note the ABI Bump. The most notable changes are as follows:

* Rebase to upstream stable v3.5.4
* Enable CONFIG_HID_BATTERY_STRENGTH=y (LP: #1003090)
* eCryptfs: Copy up attributes of the lower target inode after rename (LP: #561129)
* eCryptfs: Write out all dirty pages just before releasing the lower file (LP: #1047261)
* eCryptfs: Call lower ->flush() from ecryptfs_flush() (LP: #1047261)
* af_netlink: force credentials passing [CVE-2012-3520] (LP: #1052097)
* drm/i915: clarify IBX dp workaround (LP: #1011440)

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-15.20

We have uploaded a new Quantal linux kernel to quantal-proposed. The most notable change is as follows:

* Add ‘used’ to the video_cards structure attributes (LP:1049650)

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-14.18

We have uploaded a new Quantal linux kernel to quantal-proposed. The most notable changes are as follows:

* Intel xhci: Only switch the switchable ports (LP: #1034814)
* Force a rebuild against a new binutils

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-14.17

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20120912 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

No update this week.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/canonical-kernel-distro-team-ubuntu-12.10-beta-2.html

If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-2 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

We have uploaded the 3.5.0-14.16 Quantal kernel. This upload contains
updates for the mei driver, resolves misc touchpad regressions, and
includes misc bug fixes for the apple-gmux driver. This will also be
uploaded to the q-lts-backport [1] PPA to help facilitate testing of the
12.10 kernel in 12.04. We welcome anyone to please install, test, and
let us know your feedback.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport
Important upcoming dates:

• Thurs Sept 20 – Beta 2 Freeze (~1 week)
• Thurs Sept 27 – Beta 2 (~2 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2012-09-11 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 75 CVEs on our radar, with two CVEs added and two CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 11):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In Testing; 3 CVEs; (9 commits)
• Natty – In Testing; 4 CVEs; (9 commits)
• Oneiric – In Testing; 2 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (67 commits)
• Precise – In Verification; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (66 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

  NOTE: this is the *last* Natty kernel being built.

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We have uploaded a new Quantal linux kernel to quantal-proposed. The most notable changes are as follows:

* apple-gmux: Fix index read functions
* input: Cypress PS/2 Trackpad move PSMOUSE_CYPRESS enum (LP: #1041594)
* input: synaptics – Adjust threshold for treating position values as negative (LP: #1046512)
* mei driver updates

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-14.16

We have uploaded a new Quantal linux kernel to quantal-proposed. Please note the ABI Bump. The most notable changes are as follows:

* Upstream audio bug fixes from v3.6 (LP: #1018262, #1040077, #1034779, #1021192, #1006089, #996611, #997227, #1038651)
* fs: d_revalidate methods may be passed a NULL nameidata (LP: #1038075)
* drm/vmwgfx: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE so vmwgfx loads at boot (LP: #1039157)
* Enable CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES for highbank (LP: #1038259)
* wlcore: Declare MODULE_FIRMWARE usage (LP: #1042918)
* Input: wacom – add support to Cintiq 22HD (LP: #1043733)
* asus-nb-wmi: add some video toggle keys (LP: #1022427)

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-14.15

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20120904 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

No update this week.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-1 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

Last week we uploaded the 3.5.0-13.14 Quantal kernel. This upload
contained some bug fixes which we felt we important for the Beta-1
milestone. This was also uploaded to the q-lts-backport [1] PPA to help
facilitate testing of the 12.10 kernel in 12.04. We welcome anyone to
please install, test, and let us know your feedback.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport
Note that we are 2 days away from Beta-1. I do not foresee any further
uploads before Thursday. At this point in time, any fixes will be
re-targetted towards the Beta-2 milestone.
Important upcoming dates:

• Thurs Sept 6 – Beta 1 (~2 days)
• Thurs Sept 20 – Beta 2 (~2 weeks)
• Thurs Sept 27 – Beta 2 (~3 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2012-09-04 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 75 CVEs on our radar, with no added and two CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 04):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In Preparation; 2 CVEs; (7 commits)
• Natty – In Preparation; 3 CVEs; (8 commits)
• Oneiric – In Preparation; 2 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (67 commits)
• Precise – In Preparation; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (62 commits)

  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

  NOTE: this is the *last* Natty kernel being built.

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20120828 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

No new update this week.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-1 work items.

Status: Quantal Development Kernel

We’ve recently uploaded the 3.5.0-13.13 Quantal kernel to the release
pocket. This upload most notably provides a rebase to the v3.5.3
upstream stable release. This was also uploaded to the q-lts-backport
[1] PPA to help facilitate testing of the 12.10 kernel in 12.04. We
welcome anyone to please install, test, and let us know your feedback.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/q-lts-backport
Note that we are 2 days away from Beta-1 Freeze and ~1 week away from
Beta-1 intself. I do not foresee any further uploads before Thursday,
ie. Beta-1 Freeze. If there are any critical fixes which need to land,
we need to know now. Any uploades after Beta-1 Freeze will require
approval from the release team.
Important upcoming dates:

• Thurs Aug 30 – Beta 1 Freeze (2 days)
• Thurs Sept 6 – Beta 1 (~1 week)

Status: CVE’s

== 2012-08-28 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 88 CVEs on our radar, with two CVEs added and two CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Precise/Oneiric/Natty/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (August 28):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In Testing; 3 CVEs; (6 commits)
• Natty – Ready for -updates; 1 CVEs; (4 commits)
• Oneiric – In Testing; 1 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (98 commits)
• Precise – In Testing; 0 CVEs; 3 upstream stable release(s); (167 commits)

  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseInterlock

  NOTE: next week is the week the last Natty kernel will be built.

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