[Quantal][Pull Request] SAUCE: UBUNTU: (upstream) Modify UEFI anti-bricking code

[Tim Gardner]

On 07/10/2013 03:22 AM, Luis Henriques wrote:
> Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com> writes:
> 
>> On 07/09/2013 10:03 AM, Luis Henriques wrote:
>>> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199401
>>>
>>> This set of patches will bring upstream commit f8b8404 "Modify UEFI
>>> anti-bricking code" into the Quantal kernel.  All the required
>>> dependencies have also been pulled in, along with a fix to a buffer
>>> memory allocation.
>>>
>>> Most of the backports have been based on Ben Hutchings' backports to
>>> upstream 3.2 kernel.
>>>
>>> A good amount of testing has already done by Colin on 5 different UEFI
>>> systems, but some more testing/review is probably required.
>>>
>>
>> I'm curious why you aren't running this through 3.5.y stable ?
> 
> The plan is to include them in 3.5.y stable as well.  We just wanted
> to make sure these patches wouldn't hit Quantal only on the SRU cycle
> immediately before the next point release.
> 
> Cheers,
> 

If we accept these patches into Quantal now, then we lose out on the
wider community review which, given the size and complexity of the patch
set, I would very much prefer.

The only time I think it is appropriate to micro-manage patches with
respect to the SRU cycle is when a point release is dependent upon them.
This is not such a case.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com