Kernel Team Summary – October 4, 2017

September 25 through October 03

Development (Artful / 17.10)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule

Important upcoming dates:

      Kernel Freeze - Oct 5 (~1 day away)
      Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~1 week away)
      Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~2 week away)

We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13.4 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive. As a reminder, the Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

Stable (Released & Supported)

The updated kernel packages for the current SRU cycle are now in -proposed pocket ready for verification and tests.

• Kernel versions in -proposed:

    trusty  3.13.0-133.182
    xenial  4.4.0-97.120
    zesty   4.10.0-36.40
  
  
    trusty/linux-lts-xenial  4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1
    xenial/linux-hwe         4.10.0-36.40~16.04.1
  

• Current cycle: 15-Sep through 07-Oct

             15-Sep  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
    18-Sep - 23-Sep  Kernel prep week.
    24-Sep - 06-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
             09-Oct  Release to -updates.
  

• Next cycle: 06-Oct through 28-Oct

  
         06-Oct  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
  
  09-Oct - 14-Oct  Kernel prep week.
  
  15-Oct - 27-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
  
  30-Oct  Release to -updates.
  

Misc

• Released stress-ng V0.08.16, includes a new swapon/off stressor.
• Released fwts 17.09.00
• 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.