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: 1633 New, 13 Incomplete (with response), 96 Incomplete (without response), 36 Opinion, 2384 Invalid, 13 Won't Fix, 566 Confirmed, 644 In Progress, 6513 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: 213 New, 6 Incomplete (with response), 203 Invalid, 182 Confirmed, 1 In Progress, 686 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

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

sru-review series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 756 New, 8 Incomplete (with response), 27 Incomplete (without response), 242 Invalid, 93 Confirmed, 44 Triaged, 18 In Progress, 3804 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel SRU Review

snap-release-to-stable series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 610 New, 1708 Invalid, 1 Confirmed, 640 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted to the stable channel

snap-release-to-edge series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 482 New, 521 Invalid, 87 Confirmed, 12 Fix Committed, 1857 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

kernel snap generated and in the edge channel

snap-release-to-candidate series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 591 New, 808 Invalid, 52 Confirmed, 2 Fix Committed, 1507 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted to the candidate channel

snap-release-to-beta series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 515 New, 552 Invalid, 55 Confirmed, 11 Fix Committed, 1828 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap promoted / uploaded to beta channel

snap-qa-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 22 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 1 Incomplete (without response), 15 Invalid, 10 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap QA testing.

snap-publish series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 2 New, 13 Invalid
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap store publish.

snap-prepare series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 325 New, 84 Invalid, 49 Confirmed, 4 Fix Committed, 1049 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: 245 New, 7 Incomplete (with response), 15 Incomplete (without response), 348 Invalid, 33 Confirmed, 13 In Progress, 770 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Kernel snap certification testing

signing-signoff series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 2 New, 84 Invalid, 14 Confirmed, 18 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: 1600 New, 3908 Invalid, 5 Won't Fix, 45 Confirmed, 1024 In Progress, 5318 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Security Team does whatever validation they want and prepares USN

regression-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1905 New, 281 Incomplete (with response), 236 Incomplete (without response), 8 Opinion, 3540 Invalid, 13 Won't Fix, 514 Confirmed, 16 Triaged, 297 In Progress, 6087 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

QA Regression testing

promote-to-updates series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 4136 New, 2 Incomplete (without response), 1625 Invalid, 105 Confirmed, 14 In Progress, 2 Fix Committed, 6005 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

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

promote-to-security series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 3709 New, 3541 Invalid, 44 Confirmed, 17 In Progress, 1 Fix Committed, 4578 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Copy the package from -proposed to -security.

promote-to-release series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 500 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 173 Invalid, 2 Won't Fix, 20 Confirmed, 3 Triaged, 324 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Development kernels are promoted to the -release pocket

promote-to-proposed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1841 New, 29 Incomplete (with response), 21 Incomplete (without response), 1675 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 123 Confirmed, 18 Triaged, 46 In Progress, 34 Fix Committed, 9097 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: 953 New, 3762 Invalid, 2 Confirmed, 1 Fix Committed, 696 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Promote from Signing service to Proposed.

prepare-package-signed series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 818 New, 1111 Invalid, 2 Won't Fix, 27 Confirmed, 165 In Progress, 52 Fix Committed, 6281 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: 1164 New, 2032 Invalid, 2 Won't Fix, 30 Confirmed, 201 In Progress, 65 Fix Committed, 9085 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare linux-*-meta package for this package release

prepare-package-lrs series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 320 New, 128 Invalid, 75 In Progress, 46 Fix Committed, 2288 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare package linux-restricted-signatures

prepare-package-lrm series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 411 New, 276 Invalid, 87 In Progress, 46 Fix Committed, 3293 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare Package LRM

prepare-package-lrg series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 320 New, 134 Invalid, 76 In Progress, 45 Fix Committed, 2282 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: 99 New, 11 Invalid, 17 In Progress, 4 Fix Committed, 277 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: 8 New, 11 Invalid, 2 In Progress, 21 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare second extra package for this package release

prepare-package-extra series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 8 New, 11 Invalid, 2 In Progress, 21 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Prepare first extra package for this package release

prepare-package series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 898 New, 1976 Invalid, 2 Won't Fix, 380 Confirmed, 227 In Progress, 63 Fix Committed, 9369 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

Upload to the Kernel Team PPA

new-review series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 566 New, 1 Incomplete (with response), 17 Incomplete (without response), 136 Invalid, 21 Confirmed, 48 Triaged, 4 In Progress, 5 Fix Committed, 2017 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: 89 New, 1 Incomplete (without response), 81 Invalid, 137 Confirmed, 407 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: 631 New, 14 Incomplete (with response), 28 Incomplete (without response), 11 Opinion, 9022 Invalid, 16 Won't Fix, 424 Confirmed, 174 In Progress, 1597 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

HW Certification

boot-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 665 New, 28 Incomplete (with response), 47 Incomplete (without response), 7 Opinion, 895 Invalid, 3 Won't Fix, 1 Confirmed, 7 Triaged, 2 In Progress, 2938 Fix Released
Blueprints targeted: None

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

automated-testing series Active Development

Bugs targeted: 1434 New, 470 Incomplete (with response), 160 Incomplete (without response), 31 Opinion, 4376 Invalid, 79 Won't Fix, 178 Confirmed, 63 Triaged, 297 In Progress, 4959 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.