Re-spinning Artful/Xenial/Trusty and extending the cycle by one week

[Stefan Bader]

On 08.05.2018 23:21, dann frazier wrote:
> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com> wrote:
>> Due to the release of important security updates we will have to re-spin all
>> Artful, Xenial, and Trusty based kernels. As this comes rather late in the cycle
>> and we would not have time properly preparing the next one (time needed for
>> minimal testing and also challenged on available working hours) we will extend
>> the testing phase by one week.
> 
> Thanks for the heads-up. Do you know how this might impact which
> kernel will land in installer media for 18.04.1?

No

> I'm working on some platform enablement projects targeting that
> release, and had extrapolated dates out from the previous schedule,
> which would change as follows:

Short answer: don't do that. There are so many variables at play that even we
cannot say for sure how many cycles we can manage until a certain date. If you
need something in the installer for anything, submit it *ASAP*.

-Stefan

> 
>  -- WAS --       -- NOW --
> 2018-05-14   2018-05-21
> 2018-06-04   2018-06-11 SRU(2)->updates
> 2018-06-25   2018-07-02 SRU(3)->updates (est.)
> 2018-07-16   2018-07-23 SRU(4)->updates (est.)
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 2018-07-26   18.04.1 GA
> 
> If this holds, SRU(4) would now land in updates on 2018-07-23, which
> seems a bit tight for 18.04.1. Is the expectation now that SRU(3)
> would be the kernel on 18.04.1 media?
> I realize that the right answer is to get things landed as early as
> possible - but any guidance you can share here would be useful for my
> planning.
> 
>   -dann
> 


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