Kernel Team summary: March 21, 2018
Canonical
on 21 March 2018
Development (18.04)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule
On the road to 18.04 we have a 4.15 based kernel in the Bionic repository.
Important upcoming dates:
Final Beta - Apr 5 (~2 weeks away) Kernel Freeze - Apr 12 (~3 weeks away) Final Freeze - Apr 19 (~4 weeks away) Ubuntu 18.04 - Apr 26 (~5 weeks away)
Stable (Released & Supported)
- The updated kernel packages for the current SRU cycle are now in -proposed ready for verification and tests.
Kernel versions in -proposed:
trusty 3.13.0-144.193 artful 4.13.0-38.43 bionic 4.15.0-13.14 xenial 4.4.0-117.141
linux-hwe 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1
linux-hwe-edge 4.15.0-13.14~16.04.1
linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-144.193~precise1
linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-117.141~14.04.1
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Current cycle: 09-Mar through 31-Mar
09-Mar Last day for kernel commits for this cycle. 12-Mar - 17-Mar Kernel prep week. 18-Mar - 30-Mar Bug verification & Regression testing. 02-Apr Release to -updates.
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Next cycle: 30-Mar through 21-Apr
30-Mar Last day for kernel commits for this cycle. 02-Apr - 07-Apr Kernel prep week. 08-Apr - 20-Apr Bug verification & Regression testing. 23-Apr Release to -updates.
Misc
- The current CVE status
- 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@lists.ubuntu.com.
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