** Description changed: [Impact] - This bug tracks the following MRE updates for the Open VM Tools package: + * Without SRUing the never version users get issues running on more + recent hypervisors. - * <list of Ubuntu series and stable versions being introduced> + * This is not backporting a single fix, nor an MRE, but backporting the + version of a latter Ubuntu release for platform enablement. - See <upstream-roadmap-link> + * See + https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/exception- + OpenVMTools-Updates for more details - These updates are a best effort to only include bug fixes, following the - SRU policy exception defined at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenVMToolsUpdates. + * Changes from version: + - 2:12.5.0-1 in Plucky: + - 2:12.4.5-1 in Noble: + - 2:12.3.5-3 in Jammy: - - [Major Changes] - - * <list of series with link to release notes> - - <Important bug fixes> - - <CVEs fixes added, and note whether or not already applied in ubuntu> - + * Upstream release notes for the latest version: + https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.0/ReleaseNotes.md [Test Plan] - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenVMToolsUpdates#QA + See https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/exception- + OpenVMTools-Updates/#verification - Link the build log containing all tests being executed: - <build log link showing tests> - <test summary from the log> + * VMWare QA Team does the qualification of these uploads as we don't have + a matrix of Host versions for that around. Once made available in -proposed + and passing build time tests the Server team will reach out to VMware to to + run their verification harness against the new build and confirming that + with a statement on the bug. - (Other builds visible at <ppa link>) + * As an additional safety net we want to keep this in -proposed longer + than usual, suggesting >=14 days. - All tests are passing during build time, as shown in the build log - (builds would fail otherwise, see LP: #2004050). + The package builds are in <TBD> - Results of local autopkgtest run against all the new Squid versions - being uploaded here: + Results of local autopkgtest runs are <TBD> - <autopkgtest results and discussion of any failures> + [ Where problems could occur ] - Ran with ppa-dev-tools for build in <ppa link> - - - [Regression Potential] - - Upstream tests are extensive and always executed during - build-time. Failures would prevent builds from succeeding. - - Squid does not have many reverse dependencies. However, any upgrade is a - risk to introduce breakage to other packages. Whenever a regression - occurs in autopkgtests, we will investigate and provide fixes. - + * It is a full new version which might contain new issues, but also + new fixes and we've had cases where this brought CVE coverage before + we needed backports for those. Still, worst you'd expect all that you + expect on a release-upgrade like deprecated features gone, handling + configuration differently or in general behaving differently by adding + (even wanted) new features. + Gladly the toolset has proven to be very stable at all that. [Other Info] - This is a recurring effort. For reference, previous previous Open VM - Tools SRU backports: + * Mostly regressions seen on those backports would be the same as seen on + an upgrade to a new Ubuntu version with the new version of open-vm-tools. + Hence, unless other reasons like a former delay or an urgent need + cause a change, we try to do this early in the Ubuntu cycle backporting + the version released just recently. + For example the version that will go out with 24.10 is expected to be + proposed for 24.04 shortly, but after 24.10 is released so that we'd have + a chance to pick those regression reports up. + + This is a recurring effort. For reference, previous previous Open VM Tools SRU backports: - * <Add further bug links to more recent cases of SRU backports for this - package> + * <TBD>
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