** Description changed: - . + Following on from previous similar package update requests @ LP: + #2064580, LP: #2020762, LP: #1996735, LP: #1938553 and LP: #1911689 this + bug is a request to update `gce-compute-image-packages` to the new + upstream version `20240307.00` @ + https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest- + configs/releases/tag/20240307.00 + + This package has an SRU exception @ + https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#gce-compute-image-packages + including an ageing exception detailed @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gce- + compute-image-packages-Updates + + [Impact] + + This package is provided by Google for installation within guests that + run on Google Compute Engine. It is part of a collection of tools and + daemons, that ensure that the Ubuntu images published to GCE run + properly on their platform. + + Cloud platforms evolve at a rate that can't be handled in six-month + increments, and they will often develop features that they would like to + be available to customers who don't want to upgrade from earlier Ubuntu + releases. As such, updating this package to more recent upstream + releases is required within all Ubuntu releases, so they continue to + function properly in their environment. + + [Test Case] + + When a new version of this package is uploaded to -proposed, the + following will be done: + + * an image based on -proposed will be built for GCE and published to the ubuntu-os-cloud-devel project + * the GCE team will be asked to validate that the new package addresses the issues it is expected to address, and that the image passes their internal image validation. + + If all the testing indicates that the image containing the new package + is acceptable, verification will be considered to be done. + + [Vendored Dependency] + + There a no new vendor dependencies need (in oracular) + + [Where Problems Could Occur] + + There are many upstream changes in `20230808.00-0ubuntu2` vs. + `20240307.00-0ubuntu1`; however between the guest-test-infra suite [0] + (which is run for validation by CPC _and_ Google) and CPC's own internal + test harness (CTF) there is confidence that most if not all "edge cases" + and/or obvious regressions concerns can be dismissed before the new + version lands in `-updates` + + [Other Information] + + This bug is used for tracking of releasing the new upstream version for + all supported series, as per the approved policy mentioned in the + following MRE: + + https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gce-compute-image-packages-Updates + + The updated package is not built for armhf and riscv64 due to upstream + regressions, but the package is not used on those architectures anyways + thus please release the SRU without the armhf and risc64 binaries. + + The package does not build for powerpc on Xenial, but this is also fine + as it is not used on powerpc either. + + [0]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-test-infra
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