-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox > users in 12.04. > > 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was > offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching > over to 3.5 > > The version Virtualbox in 12.04 was 4.12. The problem is that this > version no longer works with the 3.5 kernel and needs to be > patched. Please see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1081307. > There is a patch in that bug and it is working fine for me and > other for quite some time now. > > It has been difficult to get in touch with the maintainer to ask > him to patch the package. More than a 100 people are affected by > the bug. Please let me know how to proceed to fix the package at > the earliest. > > Thanks, -- Pranith >
This sounds like it would possibly be a candidate for an SRU [1]. Please take a look at the wiki for more information on the process. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates cJ - -- Respectfully, Chris Johnston [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlE2KpAACgkQyDxSNf9BQVwTuwCgyDF4dwsN6niWptjeMQHX1Dec +0sAniw5w3DyDAbuVlQOcnnQtAEOh2n+ =b3MX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
