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Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before p-u

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On Sun, 2018-01-28 at 19:27 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-01-28 at 18:24 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > So I went ahead an updated to 4.9.78 and added the revert for the VERMAGIC
> > > stuff (which is queued for 4.9.79).
> > 
> > This makes sense.  I think once an updated gcc is available in stretch
> > we should bump the ABI number and Build-Depends at the same time as un-
> > reverting that.
> 
> So you want to include the patch even if it's reverted upstream?

Oh, I misunderstood what you were saying.  No I don't.  But I think it
makes sense to trigger a rebuild of modules once the retpoline compiler
support is in place.

> > > I'm currently running a full build in pbuilder in a stretch chroot, so it
> > > should be ready for upload if it's ok for you.
> > > 
> > > I'm unsure about stable-uploads procedure for the kernel (SRM and debian-
> > 
> > boot
> > > notifications for example) so pointer to any specific stuff would be
> > 
> > welcome.
> > 
> > I've tended to upload shortly before point releases, but I think we
> > should really be uploading earlier and more often so regressions are
> > more lilely to be caught before a point release.
> 
> Yes I think it'd be a good idea to let this one stay a bit longer in s-p-u. Do
> I need to ping someone before doing the upload?

No, that's not necessary.  But could you wait a day or two so I have a
chance to review your work?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.

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Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before p-u Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com> - 2018-01-24 13:50 +0100
  Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before p-u Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-01-24 14:10 +0100
  Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-01-28 18:50 +0100
    Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-01-28 19:30 +0100
      Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-01-28 19:50 +0100
        Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-01-28 20:40 +0100
          Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2018-02-05 20:40 +0100
    Re: Bug#888263: Spectre : release kernel 4.9.77 to stretch before  p-u Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-01-28 19:30 +0100

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