Minutes from the Ubuntu Kernel Team meeting, 2012-10-02

[Joseph Salisbury]

= Meeting Minutes =
[[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/10/02/%23ubuntu-meeting.txt|IRC Log of 
the meeting.]]
[[http://voices.canonical.com/kernelteam|Meeting minutes.]]

== Agenda ==
[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues, 02 Oct, 2012|20121002 
Meeting Agenda]]


=== ARM Status  ===
  Nothing new to report 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  ===
  || apw         || hardware-q-kernel-config-review || 3 work item  ||
  ||             || hardware-q-kernel-delta-review  || 2 work items ||
  ||             || hardware-q-kernel-misc          || 1 work item  ||
  || ogasawara   || hardware-q-kernel-misc          || 2 work item  ||
  ||             || hardware-q-kernel-version-and-flavors || 2 work items ||
  ||             || desktop-q-xorg-lts-updates      || 1 work item  ||
  apw and I will review and close our remaining work items as we approach
  final release.

=== Status: Quantal Development Kernel  ===
  Last week we uploaded the 3.5.0-16.[24,25] kernels.  With Quantal kernel
  freeze approaching in 2 days, we will upload one final kernel before
  freeze by EOD tomorrow, Wed Oct 3.  Following kernel freeze all patches
  are subject to the SRU policy and only critical bug fixes will warrent
  an upload. Non critical bug fixes and changes will be targetted to the
  first Quantal SRU kernel.
  As usual, all kernels will also get 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 Oct 4 - Kernel Freeze (2 days)
   * Thurs Oct 9 - Final Freeze (~1 week)
   * Thurs Oct 18 - 12.10 Final (~2 weeks)

=== Status: CVE's  ===

  == 2012-10-02 (weekly) ==

  Currently we have 41 CVEs on our radar, with no CVEs added or 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/Lucid/Hardy  ===
  Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (October 02):
   * Hardy - In Testing; 1 CVEs; (1 commits)
   * Lucid - In Testing; 3 CVEs; (12 commits)
   * Oneiric - In Testing; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (54 
commits)
   * Precise - In Verification; 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

=== Open Discussion or Questions? Raise your hand to be recognized  ===
dhillon-v10 would like to discuss his approach to module signing.  
dhillon-v10 was asked how his approach is different from david howell's. 
The approach from dhillon-v10 is a hybrid between what chrome os does 
and what David Howell posted.

It was suggested that dhillon-v10 post his approach to the kernel team 
mailing list.  That way it preserves the discussion and gives people in 
different time zones an ability to review it.