Proposed 12.04.3 + 13.04 HWE Stack Policies and Procedures

[David Henningsson]

On 03/20/2013 08:52 PM, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Given the recent decision from the Tech Board to reduce the support
> duration for non-LTS releases from 18mo to 9mo [1], I've written up what
> I'd like to propose as the 13.04 HWE stack policies and procedures for
> the the next 12.04.3 LTS point release.  Could I ask for a review and
> feedback to ensure this matches what others had in mind?  I'd ideally
> like to come to an agreement before 13.04 releases.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Proposed_12.04.3_.2B-_13.04_Hardware_Enablement_Stack_Policies_and_Procedures
>
> Thanks,
> Leann
>
> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2013-March/001566.html
>



 > Only the -generic x86 kernel flavor from 13.04 will be supported in
 > the Raring HWE stack in Precise.

This means both i386 and amd64, right?

 > We only intend to support HWE stack package combinations in 12.04
 > which are derived from the same release, eg. the 13.04 X.org must be
 > used in conjunction with the 13.04 kernel and vice versa. Intermixing
 > a 13.04 enablement kernel with the 12.04 X.org stack or a 13.04
 > enablement X.org stack with a 12.04 kernel will not be officially
 > tested nor supported.

 From earlier discussions, I was expecting a 13.04 kernel and 12.04 
X.org stack combination to be supported as well. Has this recently 
changed, or did I get it wrong earlier?


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