Kernel SRU Workflow

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trunk series Focus of Development

Bugs targeted: 1 Invalid
Blueprints targeted: None

The "trunk" series represents the primary line of development rather than a stable release branch. This is sometimes also called MAIN or HEAD.

verification-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1836 New, 13 Incomplete (with response), 96 Incomplete (without response), 37 Opinion, 3219 Invalid, 13 Won't Fix, 581 Confirmed, 698 In Progress, 9302 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Bugs are verified as having been fixed in the proposed release.

upload-to-ppa series Obsolete

Blueprints targeted: None

Build and upload source packages when prepare-package task have to be splitted

stakeholder-signoff series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 241 New, 6 Incomplete (with response), 253 Invalid, 205 Confirmed, 17 In Progress, 1059 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Allows promotion control based on the approval of an individual or team.

sru-review series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 949 New, 13 Incomplete (with response), 35 Incomplete (without response), 333 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 129 Confirmed, 68 Triaged, 22 In Progress, 7639 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel SRU Review

snap-release-to-stable series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 864 New, 1776 Invalid, 36 Confirmed, 1092 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted to the stable channel

snap-release-to-edge series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 710 New, 538 Invalid, 90 Confirmed, 13 Fix Committed, 2417 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

kernel snap generated and in the edge channel

snap-release-to-candidate series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 836 New, 862 Invalid, 59 Confirmed, 1 Fix Committed, 2011 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted to the candidate channel

snap-release-to-beta series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 748 New, 569 Invalid, 54 Confirmed, 12 Fix Committed, 2387 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted / uploaded to beta channel

snap-qa-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 30 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 1 Incomplete (without response), 17 Invalid, 1 Confirmed, 25 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap QA testing.

snap-publish series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 12 New, 21 Invalid
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap store publish.

snap-prepare-signed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 155 New, 76 Invalid, 4 In Progress, 347 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Snap Prepare Signed

snap-prepare series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 542 New, 2 Incomplete (without response), 99 Invalid, 50 Confirmed, 6 In Progress, 4 Fix Committed, 1617 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare a snap and push tip and tag to the relevant git repository.

snap-certification-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 357 New, 9 Incomplete (with response), 15 Incomplete (without response), 508 Invalid, 35 Confirmed, 24 In Progress, 1016 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap certification testing

signing-signoff series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 8 New, 114 Invalid, 72 Confirmed, 175 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Signing Signoff: when we need manual review of changes which may affect signing of the original package. This task must be signed off before we will pass the kernel for signing.

security-signoff series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1807 New, 5452 Invalid, 5 Won't Fix, 47 Confirmed, 1149 In Progress, 7335 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Security Team does whatever validation they want and prepares USN

regression-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 2220 New, 397 Incomplete (with response), 306 Incomplete (without response), 8 Opinion, 4390 Invalid, 13 Won't Fix, 512 Confirmed, 20 Triaged, 304 In Progress, 8925 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

QA Regression testing

promote-to-updates series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 4838 New, 3 Incomplete (without response), 1730 Invalid, 117 Confirmed, 19 In Progress, 3 Fix Committed, 9075 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

The package in -proposed is promoted to the -updates pocket

promote-to-security series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 4178 New, 5100 Invalid, 98 Confirmed, 19 In Progress, 1 Fix Committed, 6390 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Copy the package from -proposed to -security.

promote-to-release series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 667 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 179 Invalid, 2 Won't Fix, 20 Confirmed, 17 Triaged, 1 In Progress, 436 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Development kernels are promoted to the -release pocket

promote-to-proposed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 2242 New, 31 Incomplete (with response), 22 Incomplete (without response), 1767 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 127 Confirmed, 18 Triaged, 49 In Progress, 26 Fix Committed, 12799 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

A kernel package is pocket-copied from the ppa to the -proposed pocket of the archive

promote-signing-to-proposed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1222 New, 7528 Invalid, 2 Confirmed, 2 Fix Committed, 739 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Promote from Signing service to Proposed.

prepare-package-signed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 901 New, 1246 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 27 Confirmed, 241 In Progress, 107 Fix Committed, 9479 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare linux-signed package for this package release

prepare-package-ports-meta series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1 New, 69 Invalid, 47 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare linux-*-ports-meta package for this package release

prepare-package-meta series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1261 New, 2187 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 30 Confirmed, 281 In Progress, 116 Fix Committed, 12457 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare linux-*-meta package for this package release

prepare-package-lrs series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 372 New, 181 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 113 In Progress, 89 Fix Committed, 4142 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare package linux-restricted-signatures

prepare-package-lrm series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 463 New, 329 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 131 In Progress, 75 Fix Committed, 5155 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare Package LRM

prepare-package-lrg series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 372 New, 187 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 114 In Progress, 83 Fix Committed, 4141 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare package linux-restricted-generate

prepare-package-lbm series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 6 New, 178 Invalid, 5 Confirmed, 3 In Progress, 223 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare the linux-backports-modules for this package release

prepare-package-generate series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 159 New, 139 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 79 In Progress, 61 Fix Committed, 3008 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare package linux-generate*

prepare-package-extra3 series Active Development

Bugs targeted: None
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare third extra package for this package release

prepare-package-extra2 series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 12 New, 16 Invalid, 1 In Progress, 1 Fix Committed, 73 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare second extra package for this package release

prepare-package-extra series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 12 New, 16 Invalid, 1 In Progress, 1 Fix Committed, 73 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare first extra package for this package release

prepare-package series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 930 New, 2142 Invalid, 5 Won't Fix, 461 Confirmed, 310 In Progress, 124 Fix Committed, 13141 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Upload to the Kernel Team PPA

new-review series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 769 New, 2 Incomplete (with response), 19 Incomplete (without response), 228 Invalid, 1 Won't Fix, 78 Confirmed, 67 Triaged, 6 In Progress, 15 Fix Committed, 5827 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

New Review Progress

latest series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 2 Invalid
Blueprints targeted: None

Just a dummy series.

kernel-signoff series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 135 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 2 Incomplete (without response), 93 Invalid, 203 Confirmed, 716 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel Team signoff. When a kernel needs extra validation (such as when it represents a version roll) this gates promotion until explicitly acknowledged.

certification-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 708 New, 19 Incomplete (with response), 30 Incomplete (without response), 11 Opinion, 12521 Invalid, 16 Won't Fix, 475 Confirmed, 201 In Progress, 1 Fix Committed, 1832 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

HW Certification

boot-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 874 New, 73 Incomplete (with response), 64 Incomplete (without response), 12 Opinion, 1855 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 1 Confirmed, 11 Triaged, 2 In Progress, 5896 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Early boot testing performed against the version in the build route.

automated-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1655 New, 529 Incomplete (with response), 182 Incomplete (without response), 31 Opinion, 7288 Invalid, 79 Won't Fix, 178 Confirmed, 69 Triaged, 369 In Progress, 5865 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Any testing or checks before the package is considered ready to be moved to the release pocket. Can be used to kick off automated testing of the package in the PPA.

abi-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 710 New, 10 Incomplete (with response), 2 Incomplete (without response), 355 Invalid, 1 Confirmed, 1504 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

ABI related testing. Used to request and feedback testing and validation for the kernel once built in the build route. This validation includes confirming we are not losing modules unexpectedly.