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



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?
> 
> > 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?

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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