** Description changed: Title: Backport open-vm-tools version 2:13.0.0-2ubuntu1 to Noble (24.04) [ Impact ] * Without SRUing the newer version users get issues running on more - recent hypervisors. + recent hypervisors. * This is not backporting a single fix, nor an MRE, but backporting the - version from the current Ubuntu release for platform enablement. + version from the current Ubuntu release for platform enablement. * See https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/exception- OpenVMTools-Updates for more details [ Test Plan ] * VMWare QA Team does the qualification of these uploads as we don't have - a matrix of Host versions for that around. Once made available in -proposed - and passing build time tests the Server team will reach out to VMware to to - run their verification harness against the new build and confirming that - with a statement on the bug. + a matrix of Host versions for that around. Once made available in -proposed + and passing build time tests the Server team will reach out to VMware to to + run their verification harness against the new build and confirming that + with a statement on the bug. * As an additional safety net we want to keep this in -proposed longer - than usual, suggesting >=14 days. + than usual, suggesting >=14 days. [ Where problems could occur ] * It is a full new version which might contain new issues, but also - new fixes and we've had cases where this brought CVE coverage before - we needed backports for those. Still, worst you'd expect all that you - expect on a release-upgrade like deprecated features gone, handling - configuration differently or in general behaving differently by adding - (even wanted) new features. - Gladly the toolset has proven to be very stable at all that. + new fixes and we've had cases where this brought CVE coverage before + we needed backports for those. Still, worst you'd expect all that you + expect on a release-upgrade like deprecated features gone, handling + configuration differently or in general behaving differently by adding + (even wanted) new features. + Gladly the toolset has proven to be very stable at all that. [ Other Info ] * Mostly regressions seen on those backports would be the same as seen on - an upgrade to a new Ubuntu version with the new version of open-vm-tools. - Hence, unless other reasons like a former delay or an urgent need - cause a change, we try to do this early in the Ubuntu cycle backporting - the version released just recently. - For example the version that will go out with 24.10 is expected to be - proposed for 24.04 shortly, but after 24.10 is released so that we'd have - a chance to pick those regression reports up. + an upgrade to a new Ubuntu version with the new version of open-vm-tools. + Hence, unless other reasons like a former delay or an urgent need + cause a change, we try to do this early in the Ubuntu cycle backporting + the version released just recently. + For example the version that will go out with 24.10 is expected to be + proposed for 24.04 shortly, but after 24.10 is released so that we'd have + a chance to pick those regression reports up. + + * A few packaging changes were done as part of this backport, coming from the + new version: + - Patches were updated or removed as needed + - There is now an explicit dependency on libcrypt-dev - which is indeed + needed for the package to work properly, and was already being pulled + in the version currently in Noble.
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