NBS kernel removals: round two

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 12:55:36PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Hi folks,

> Well, we found out that removing all NBS kernel packages for stable series
> was not altogether without its problems for users.  We have modified the
> removal policy going forward in response to feedback.

> Meanwhile, in preparation for the move of bionic from standard support to
> ESM, the Release Team has noticed that NBS cleanup for ESM releases has so
> far been deferred until the releases go fully EOL.

> At this point, the *newest* kernel image in trusty-security is missing 3
> years of security updates.  I believe it's therefore reasonable to require
> that users doing deployments of trusty today should do so using a kernel
> that is *no more than* 3 years out of date, before immediately enabling
> Ubuntu Pro and upgrading to a recent kernel security release.

> Consequently, I will be removing all kernel packages older than linux
> 3.13.0-170.220 from trusty-{updates,security} next week.

> I will leave xenial as-is for the moment, and send further mail before
> making any changes to NBS packages there.

Update: this has been done now.

No reports have reached me of any users adversely affected by the removals
of these old kernel binaries from trusty.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                   https://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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