** Description changed: [Impact] * Without SRUing the never version users get issues running on more recent hypervisors. * This is not backporting a single fix, nor an MRE, but backporting the version of a latter Ubuntu release for platform enablement. * See https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/exception- OpenVMTools-Updates for more details - * Changes from version: - - 2:12.5.0-1 in Plucky: - - 2:12.4.5-1 in Noble: - - * Upstream release notes for the latest version: + * Upstream release notes for the updated versions: + - noble has 12.4.5 - + https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/ReleaseNotes.md + - plucky has has 12.5.0 - + https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.2/ReleaseNotes.md https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.0/ReleaseNotes.md [Test Plan] See https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/exception- OpenVMTools-Updates/#verification * 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. * As an additional safety net we want to keep this in -proposed longer than usual, suggesting >=14 days. - The package builds are in This is the backport of version 13.0.0-2 to - plucky. - - The package builds in + The package builds are in https://launchpad.net/~rr/+archive/ubuntu/backport-open-vm-tools- lp2112528 - - dep8 tbd Results of local autopkgtest runs are <TBD> [ 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. [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. - This is a recurring effort. For reference, previous previous Open VM - Tools SRU backports: - - * <TBD> + * This is a recurring effort. For reference, previous previous Open VM Tools SRU backports (mind the gap, but the latest ones are recent enough): + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1998558 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1975767 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1933143 + - 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 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/2028420 + - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/2073317
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