ACK: [PATCH][SRU ALL] Update use of BACKPORT_SUFFIX to support forward ports

[Kleber Souza]

On 04.11.20 23:24, Seth Forshee wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1902957
> 
> Our kernel packaging currently has support for backporting kernels to
> older releases. This includes appending ~BACKPORT_SUFFIX to the version
> string for the backport kernel, where BACKPORT_SUFFIX is defined in
> update.conf. We need to start doing similar forward ported kernels, but
> BACKPORT_SUFFIX should be appended using a + rather than a ~. Our kernel
> packaging cannot easily determine whether a + or a ~ is appropriate.
> 
> It's much easier to determine the appropriate leader when generating
> update.conf, as the script which does this has all of the information
> from kernel-series at its disposal. Therefore the following patches
> modify generate-update-conf to include the leader in BACKPORT_SUFFIX,
> and change the kernel packaging to no longer insert a leader.
> 
> Since kteam-tools and our kernel packaging will need to be updated in
> lock step, I am sending the patches as a combined series. The patch for
> the kernel packaging should be applied to all supported kernels, or at
> minimum all supported kernels which are a base for backport kernels.
> 
> Thanks,
> Seth
> 

LGTM.

Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>