Ubuntu Kernel Team - Weekly Newsletter, 2016-03-15

[Elizabeth K. Joseph]

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for passing this along, will the wiki be updated so we can link
it in the newsletter?

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Joseph Salisbury
<joseph.salisbury at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Ubuntu Kernel Team has published this weeks newsletter.
>
> The Newsletter is published weekly.  It contains highlights from the
> week, announcements regarding the development and stable kernels, as
> well as any other news the Kernel Team may have.
>
> This weeks newsletter is pasted in this email below.
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> Sincerely,
>
> The Ubuntu Kernel Team
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> Tues Mar 15, 2016
> Introduction
>
> This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel
> Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting
> subjects the team may be working on.
>
> If you would like to reach the kernel team. You can find us at the
> #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively you can mail the
> Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing list at: kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
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>
> *Highlights*
>
> * The fwts devel team released another version of fwts today.  It now included s390x support:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/fwts-announce/2016-March/000031.html
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> * Kamal released upstream v3.13.11-ckt36.
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> *Devel Kernel Announcements*
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> Our Xenial kernel has been re-based to v4.4.5 and is available for
> testing in the -proposed pocket of the archive, ie linux-4.4.0-14.30.
> It should promote to -updates shortly.  Please test and let us know your
> results. Also, as an early reminder, Xenial Kernel Freeze is~3 weeks
> away on Thurs, April 7. We encourage anyone needing kernel patches
> pulled into Xenial to please submit them as soon as possible in order to
> make Kernel Freeze.  Thanks!
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> *Stable Kernel Announcements*
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> Current cycle: 11-Mar through 02-Apr
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>          11-Mar   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
> 13-Mar - 19-Mar   Kernel prep week.
> 20-Mar - 26-Mar   Bug verification & Regression testing.
> 27-Mar - 02-Apr   Regression testing & Release to -updates.
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> *Kernel Versions*
> ====================================================================
>    precise  3.2.0-101.141
>     trusty  3.13.0-83.127
>      vivid  3.19.0-56.62
>       wily  4.2.0-34.39
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> lts-trusty  3.13.0-83.127~precise1
> lts-utopic  3.16.0-67.87~14.04.1
> lts-vivid   3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1
> lts-wily    4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1
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> cycle: 01-Apr through 23-Apr
> ====================================================================
>          01-Apr   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
> 03-Apr - 09-Apr   Kernel prep week.
> 10-Apr - 16-Apr   Bug verification & Regression testing.
> 17-Apr - 23-Apr   Regression testing & Release to -updates.
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> Note: April 21 is release day
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> *Status: CVE's*
>
> The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/reports/kernel-cves.html
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Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2