Review complete - I slightly updated the SRU template due to some good feedback, but other than that it was ok.
@SRU Team - this is still stuck behind glibc in Impish. In case that isn't resolved by the time this is ready I'd ask to hold it back to avoid having an older version in the newer release. Uploading ... ** Description changed: [Impact] - * In the past a lack of updated open-vm-tools versions was found fatal - and therefore we agreed to regularly backport those to the latest LTS. - This is backporting the recent version 11.3.0 to Focal/Hirsute. + * In the past a lack of updated open-vm-tools versions was found fatal + and therefore we agreed to regularly backport those to the latest LTS. + This is backporting the recent version 11.3.0 to Focal/Hirsute. [Test Case] - * Test open-vm-tools done by VMWare QA Team as agreed for these - backports. + * Test open-vm-tools done by VMWare QA Team as agreed for these + backports. [Where Problems could occur] - * This has the usual regression potential of a new version upgrade and - therefore is higher than a usual SRU. But as agreed int he past to - support new (virtual) hardware open-vm-tools shall regularly be - backported. I suggest keeping it somewhat longer in proposed than usual - just to be on the safe side. + * This has the usual regression potential of a new version upgrade and + therefore is higher than a usual SRU. But as agreed int he past to + support new (virtual) hardware open-vm-tools shall regularly be + backported. I suggest keeping it somewhat longer in proposed than usual + just to be on the safe side. [Other Info] - * This is a practice for or quite a while (almost three years now), see: - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1741390 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1784638 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1813944 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1822204 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1844834 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1868012 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1877672 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1892266 - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1911831 + * This is a practice for quite a while (almost three years now), see: + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1741390 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1784638 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1813944 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1822204 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1844834 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1868012 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1877672 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1892266 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1911831 The request back then came from the community and the decision back then was between VMWare and Ubuntu. VMWare QA Team since then does the qualification of these uploads as we (I) don't have a matrix of Host versions for that around. Also see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/releases/tag/stable-11.3.0 - Under the accepted special SRU cases [1] this qualifies for #2 and #3 of - [2]. + Under the accepted special SRU cases [2] this qualifies for rationale + - #2 "For Long Term Support releases we regularly want to enable new (virtual) hardware" + and + - #3 "For Long Term Support releases we sometimes want to introduce new features. They must not change the behavior on existing installations ..." - [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Documentation_for_Special_Cases - [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Other_safe_cases + [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Other_safe_cases --- - Open-vm-tools release 11.3.0 has been released open-vm-tools 11.3.0 has been released on June 18, 2021 containing: - a number of bug and Coverity fixes. - command line tool to control various aspects of the vmwgfx Linux kernel module (open-vmtools-desktop) - command line support tool for guest operations authentication configuration. to support or utilize various vSphere features. See: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-11.3.0 Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md The granular changes that have gone into the 11.3.0 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm- tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog Suggested packaging changes needed to the debian/rules file: 1. vmwgfxctrl command- in open-vm-tools-desktop .deb package. - requires access to libdrm and libudev to be compiled and will dlopen() at runtime. Will quietly exit if runtime not available on guest VM. Build dependencies: libdrm, libudev Add to open-vm-tools-desktop package: mv debian/open-vm-tools/usr/bin/vmwgfxctrl debian/open-vm-tools- desktop/usr/bin 2. The open-vm-tools source release contains a complete example of a - tools.conf. Please package this open-vm-tools/tools.conf file ass + tools.conf. Please package this open-vm-tools/tools.conf file as /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.example New commands,libraries and vmsvc plugins to be a part of the open-vm-tools .deb package usr/bin/vmware-alias-import usr/lib/libguestStoreClient.so.0* usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/libguestStore.so usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/libgdp.so 3. new vmsvc plugins: %{_libdir}/libguestStoreClient.so.* %{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/vmsvc/libgdp.so %{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/vmsvc/libguestStore.so -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933143 Title: Open-vm-tools release 11.3.0 has been released To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1933143/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
