Tails

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-01-18 06:45:57

• blocks Feature #15507: Core work 2019Q1: Foundations Team added

#3 Updated by anonym 2019-01-18 09:03:15

• Assignee deleted (anonym)
• Target version changed from Tails_3.12 to Tails_3.13

I think we should skip this kernel bump for 3.12; it’s too little, too late. As for “too little”, I compared buster (4.19.12 and Tails already uses 4.19.13) vs sid (4.19.16) and only two issues were listed as “vulnerable” for buster and “fixed” for sid, but they were actually fixed in 4.19.13 which we already install. And “too late” because I’m gonna prepare Tails 3.12~rc1 today, so being blocked on this ticket would probably delay the release another day.

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-06 14:05:43

• blocks Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team added

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-06 14:05:47

• blocked by deleted (Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team)

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-06 14:05:58

• Subject changed from Consider Linux 4.19.16-1 for 3.12~rc1 to Consider Linux 4.19.16-1 for 3.13

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-06 14:32:53

• Priority changed from High to Elevated

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-06 15:40:11

• Assignee set to intrigeri

(Any FT person should feel free to steal this one from me if they have extra bandwidth on top of their other high prio tasks :)

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 17:33:21

• related to Bug #16390: devel branch FTBFS since linux-image-4.19.0-1-amd64 was removed from sid added

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 17:45:34

• Subject changed from Consider Linux 4.19.16-1 for 3.13 to Upgrade to Linux 4.19.16-1 in 3.13
• Type of work changed from Research to Code

4.19.16 was uploaded to stretch-backports by benh, which is usually a good sign of maturity; also, it’s been in sid since Jan 17 and we install it on our devel branch since a week. The only severe regression reported to Debian is https://bugs.debian.org/922028, which won’t affect Tails. So I think we’re good to go and should take this update, at least to get the bugfixes it brings (if not for security reasons, although it fixes a bunch of potential Spectre vulns).

Meanwhile, 4.19.20 is being prepared in the Vcs-Git; it bumps ABI to 3; it brings quite a few nice config improvements and it might be mature enough in time for 3.13, we’ll see => Bug #16458.

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 17:45:43

• related to Bug #16458: Upgrade Linux to 4.19.20+ for Tails 3.13 added

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-11 17:58:06

• Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
• Feature Branch set to bugfix/16371-linux-4.19.0-2+force-all-tests

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-15 16:35:49

• % Done changed from 0 to 40
• QA Check set to Ready for QA

Jenkins is happy enough. Next step before sending to QA: test on bare metal.

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-18 15:48:26

• Assignee changed from intrigeri to anonym
• % Done changed from 40 to 50

Boots, connects to Wi-Fi, loads Tor Browser, shutdowns on boot medium removal on HP EliteBook 840G1 and ThinkPad X200.

⇒ @anonym, please review and merge into stable.

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-19 17:37:15

• Status changed from In Progress to Rejected
• Assignee deleted (anonym)
• % Done changed from 50 to 100
• QA Check deleted (Ready for QA)

Obsoleted by Bug #16458.