On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:07:54AM -0000, Matthieu Baerts wrote: > > I don't think we can justify dropping FAN support in an SRU, so let's > add that port back in. > > Even if it will not be used in Ubuntu 24.04,
I'm happy to drop it if the stable release team would accept it. Here's the policy: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates However, I don't see how we can argue that dropping FAN support is *not* a regression, even if the kernel we ship does not support it. > and dropping these patches would stop the diversion with Debian? That's not a goal of our SRU process. We can always realign with Debian during the next devel cycle. > > @matttbe - is there any documentation about upstream compatibility > > guarantees and regression testing done that you're aware of, or any tests > > that we could run beyond those in our autopkgtests? > > @dannf: IPRoute2 is following the kernel development, and it is not > supposed to break the compatibility with older kernel versions (also > because the kernel's user API is not supposed to break). > > There is a test suite included in the source code, but it looks like it > is not tested when building the .deb package, check the 'debian/rules' > file: > > override_dh_auto_test: > # upstream test suite needs root and leaves machine unclean, skip > it The package does seem to include this in its autopkgtests (debian/tests/testsuite.sh), so I think we have that coverage. > > I never used it, (and it looks like it is not often updated), but IPRoute2 > (ip, tc, ss, etc.) is also heavily used in the kernel selftests: > > $ git grep -cw -e ip -e tc -e ss -- tools/testing/selftests/ | wc -l > 635 > > Maybe these tests are already being validated when building a new kernel for > Ubuntu? That's another way to validate IPRoute2. Thanks for the pointer! -dann > Other than that, Debian is using IPRoute2 versions > 6.1 for a long time > now. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2051672 Title: [FFe] Merge iproute2 with the latest Debian version: 6.8.0-1 from testing/unstable (main) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/2051672/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
