** Description changed:
[ 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:
- - The CVE-2025-41244 patch was removed, included in upstream version
13.0.5
- - A build dependency on libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-dev was dropped, coming
from version 2:13.0.5-1
+ new version:
+ - The CVE-2025-41244 patch was removed, included in upstream version
13.0.5
+ - A build dependency on libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-dev was dropped, coming
from
+ version 2:13.0.5-1
+
+ * This backport is being done for Noble (24.04), but not for Questing (25.10),
+ expecting it will only land after Questing is EOL (After July 9th).
** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Questing)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Questing)
Status: New => Won't Fix
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~rr/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/507102
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~rr/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+git/open-vm-tools/+merge/507103
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