MP: https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/392116

** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
+  * In the past a lack of updated open-vm-tools versions was found fatal
+    and therefore we agreed to regularly backport those to the latest LTS.
+    This is backporting the recent version 11.5 to Focal.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+  * Test open-vm-tools done by VMWare QA Team as agreed for these
+    backports.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * This has the usual regression potential of a new version upgrade and
+    therefore is higher than a usual SRU. But as agreed int he past to
+    support new (virtual) hardware open-vm-tools shall regularly be
+    backported. I suggest keeping it somewhat longer in proposed than usual
+    just to be on the safe side.
+ 
+ [Other Info]
+ 
+  * This is a practice for or quite a while (almost two years now), see:
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1741390
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1784638
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1813944
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1822204
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1844834
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1868012
+    - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1877672
+ 
+ The request back then came from the community and the decision back then
+ was between VMWare and Ubuntu. VMWare QA Team since then does the
+ qualification of these uploads as we (I) don't have a matrix of Host
+ versions for that around.
+ 
+ Also see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
+ tools/releases/tag/stable-11.1.5
+ 
+ Under the accepted special SRU cases [1] this qualifies for #2 and #3 of
+ [2].
+ 
+ [1]: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Documentation_for_Special_Cases
+ [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Other_safe_cases
+ 
+ 
+ ---
+ 
  This is to announce that open-vm-tools 11.1.5 has been GA released.
  
  See https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-11.1.5
  
  In addition to containing the SDMP plugin fixes made available in  the
  "stable-11.1.0-SDMP-fixes" branch, the release also addresses several
  issues reported by the Coverity tool and issues reported to
  https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Merge proposal linked:
   
https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/392116

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