Fwd: Progress of #1337281

[Tim Gardner]

Ah, I found the reverts in question. Just me being a spacktard. Thanks
for the update.

rtg

On 08/18/2014 07:16 AM, Luis Henriques wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>


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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com