On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 12:55:36PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Well, we found out that removing all NBS kernel packages for stable series
> was not altogether without its problems for users. We have modified the
> removal policy going forward in response to feedback.
> Meanwhile, in preparation for the move of bionic from standard support to
> ESM, the Release Team has noticed that NBS cleanup for ESM releases has so
> far been deferred until the releases go fully EOL.
> At this point, the *newest* kernel image in trusty-security is missing 3
> years of security updates. I believe it's therefore reasonable to require
> that users doing deployments of trusty today should do so using a kernel
> that is *no more than* 3 years out of date, before immediately enabling
> Ubuntu Pro and upgrading to a recent kernel security release.
> Consequently, I will be removing all kernel packages older than linux
> 3.13.0-170.220 from trusty-{updates,security} next week.
> I will leave xenial as-is for the moment, and send further mail before
> making any changes to NBS packages there.
Update: this has been done now.
No reports have reached me of any users adversely affected by the removals
of these old kernel binaries from trusty.
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