Fwd: Progress of #1337281

[Luis Henriques]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 06:48:34AM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> So, can anyone reconstruct what happened here ? I thought this was
> applied ? These reverts should also have come down through stable.
> 
> rtg
>

The revert was indeed applied to the Precise kernel and should be
released with the 3.2.0-68.102 kernel.

My understanding is that the delay between applying the revert to the
master-next branch and releasing it is an unfortunate coincidence due
to the point-releases 12.04.5 and 14.04.1, which introduced a delay in
the SRU cadence.

A kernel containing the fix is now built in the kernel team PPA, and
should be in the -proposed pocket soon (this week) and released into
-updates by the end of next week (assuming no delays in the SRU
cadence).  Here's the schedule for this cycle (according to the last
kernel-team meeting on IRC):

cycle: 08-Aug through 29-Aug
====================================================================
08-Aug   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
10-Aug - 16-Aug   Kernel prep week.
17-Aug - 23-Aug   Bug verification & Regression testing.
24-Aug - 29-Aug   Regression testing & Release to -updates.

Cheers,
--
Luís

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Progress of #1337281
> Date: 	Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:16 -0400
> From: 	Charles Jordan <charles at ddbolt.net>
> Reply-To: 	charles at ddbolt.net
> To: 	tim.gardner at canonical.com
> CC: 	tim.gardner at ubuntu.com
> 
> 
> 
> Tim,
> 
> 
> 
> I noticed that you were assigned to look into issue #1337281 (network
> problems with NAT traffic after update to kernel 3.2.0-65).This issuehas
> scared me away from using Ubuntu for our customer’s production servers
> and firewalls. I really hate this because I have been a strong Ubuntu
> advocate for nearly ten years now singing the praises of the LTS
> versions. This bug has forced me to give up two full weekends upgrading
> customers from Ubuntu 12.04LTS to Debian 7.5 because of the horrific
> upload delay & speed-degradation on all NAT traffic passing through the
> Ubuntu firewalls. Other customers continued to call and we eventually
> figured out that configuring Grub to boot older versions of the kernel
> suppressed the issue for now. This leaves me concerned about something
> like this happening in the future due to leaving automatic security
> updates turned on. I was also disappointed when 3.2.0-67 was released
> and discovered that the bug was still there. Does anyone know when this
> problem will be addressed? After doing some research during the switch
> to Debian, I came to several conclusions.
> 
> 
> 
> _One_: Debian may be a better choice because they release when things
> are ready and thoroughly tested. Ubuntu releases on a rigid timeline
> whether packages are ready or not. Because of this Debian seems to be
> the more stable OS.
> 
> 
> 
> _Two:_ Ubuntu is a little more secure out of the box than Debian.
> However, by disabling the root account and adding a user to the sudo
> group they are now pretty much the same.
> 
> 
> 
> _Three:_ Ubuntu seems to do a better job with documentation and
> How-To’s. It’s nice to have some things from an official centrally
> controlled source.
> 
> 
> 
> _Four:_ The LTS versions were the better choice for servers until the
> 3.2.0-65 kernel was released and broke all of our customer’s production
> servers. Now I am going to have to deal with upgrading Debian every 3-4
> years instead of 5-6 I would have with the LTS versions.
> 
> 
> 
> I am open to any suggestion, comments or views you may have in the matter.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time and consideration,
> Charles Jordan
> 
> Lead Developer for Digital Deadbolt, L.L.C.
> 
> 678-799-4567
> 
> 
>