[ubuntu-hardened] 3.2.42 kernel update for 12.04.2 Release

[Kees Cook]

Hi Daniel,

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 05:38:45PM +0200, Daniel Curtis wrote:
> I would like to ask when a new stable 3.2.42 kernel [1]
> released by Mr Ben Hutchings on Wed, 27 Mar 2013
> will be available in *ubuntu 12.04.2? I'm asking, because
> the current version is 3.2.39, and in 'proposed-updates' -
> 3.2.40.
> 
> 3.2.40 kernel version includes a probably a lot of fixes and
> corrections, just like every updated kernel, right? So, why
> it take so long to push this update to 12.04.2 Release?
> 
> I'm just curious. That's the reason why I'm asking such question.
> Nothing more, nothing less.

You might have better luck asking on the ubuntu kernel team mailing list,
but the short version is: QA takes time, so what's in the pipe currently is
the .40 update. Once that clears, whatever is most recently will start
entering the QA pipe again.

-Kees

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Kees Cook