Hi - Thanks for reaching out!
> The systemtap package is one that is particularly vulnerable to > changes in the kernel, and the older versions in stable releases > frequently see breakage with kernel updates or even when using a HWE > kernel, as you know. Right. > I don't personally use systemtap very often, but in talking to > coworkers my understanding is the 'latest' systemtap version can > almost always handle 'any' kernel that was previously released (i.e. > backwards compatible with kernels), That is correct. > but the systemtap library modules may not be backwards compatible, > so SRU'ing the latest systemtap might get it working with different > kernels but might also break user custom modules. Is that accurate? I don't think so - the whole system is designed to be aggressively backward compatible, and even includes runtime modes to disable newer functions for the benefit of older scripts. > If so, maybe systemtap would be a good candidate for adding to the > -backports pocket; since it's an opt-in pocket, users would have an > option of getting the latest working systemtap on stable releases. Sorry, I'm not sure what the implications of this would be. If the effect is to make it easy to frequently update from upstream releases, that'd be great. > This isn't a pre-approved notice, so if you think it's a good idea > (meaning you would be the one preparing and uploading the backports), > we (the backports team) can have a bit more discussion to make sure we > agree it's appropriate. [...] I'm not sure I'm personally in a position to undertake ubuntu packaging, but perhaps someone from our team or the community at large can make it happen. We can ask around if you need us to. (By the way, any idea whether y'all might put up a ubuntu debuginfod server, like debian (via sergiodj), fedora, and others have? It makes systemtap and other debugging type tools much easier to use.) - FChE -- ubuntu-backports mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
