Minutes from the Ubuntu Kernel Team meeting, 2012-09-18

[Joseph Salisbury]

= Meeting Minutes =
[[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/09/18/%23ubuntu-meeting.txt|IRC Log of 
the meeting.]]
[[http://voices.canonical.com/kernelteam|Meeting minutes.]]

== Agenda ==
[[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues, 18 Sep, 2012|20120918 
Meeting Agenda]]


=== ARM Status  ===
  Q/omap4: a new Q/omap4 3.5 kernel is out (3.5.0-210.16) and it contains:
  * fixes for the video/unity flicker bug
  * an updated kernel based on Ubuntu-3.5.0-14.16
  Working on restoring rtc/mfd_palmas functionalities at the moment.

=== 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  || 3 work items ||
  ||             || hardware-q-kernel-misc          || 1 work item  ||
  || ogasawara   || hardware-q-kernel-misc          || 4 work items ||
  If your name is in the above table, please review your Beta-2 work items.

=== Status: Quantal Development Kernel  ===
  We have uploaded the 3.5.0-15.20 Quantal kernel.  This upload most
  notably contains an update to the v3.5.4 upstream stable kernel,
  eCryptfs bug fixes, and haswell graphics support patches.  This has also
  been 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 Sept 20 - Beta 2 Freeze (~2 days)
   * Thurs Sept 27 - Beta 2 (~1 week)
   * Thurs Oct 4 - Kernel Freeze (~2 weeks)

=== Status: CVE's  ===
  == 2012-09-18 (weekly) ==
  Currently we have 76 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE added 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/Natty/Lucid/Hardy  ===
  Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (September 18):
   * Hardy - Nothing in this cycle
   * Lucid - In -updates; 3 CVEs; (9 commits)
   * Natty - In -updates; 4 CVEs; (9 commits)
   * Oneiric - In -updates; 2 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (67 
commits)
   * Precise - In Testing; 2 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (66 
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
  NOTE: this is the *last* Natty kernel being built.

=== Open Discussion or Questions? Raise your hand to be recognized  ===
  The Quantal will stay on v3.5 and not be rebased to v3.6.