Related to the new docs and process clarification, how should one
today request for the microrelease exception?
Page https://canonical-sru-docs.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/reference/requirements/#new-upstream-microreleases
does not specify exactly how to do it.
I filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb/+bug/2086527
and added ~ubuntu-sru, but not sure how to start the review and get
"~ubuntu-sru will make the final decision" happening.
If this is accepted, I would also file a request for Galera (pending
stable releases for all maintained Ubuntu releases at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/galera-4/-/merge_requests).
...
> > As a side note, the page about Package-specific notes links to
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Documentation_for_Special_Cases,
> > but I don't see anything about MySQL or MariaDB there. In reality we
> > have been doing MySQL and MariaDB stable updates and security updates
> > for years. I tried to search for the microrelease approvals from old
> > mailing list archives, but I didn't find them - I am however pretty
> > confident that they exist. MariaDB also a special mention in the
> > security release process docs:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/PublicationNotes#Sponsoring_MariaDB_Security_Updates.
>
> You're right - there was a MySQL approval that's been lost. It
> technically still exists but predates the current index. The original
> thread is here:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2014-February/001812.html
>
> In practice it doesn't get used much because nearly every MySQL update
> comes through the security process instead. If someone would like to add
> this historical approval to the wiki though, please feel free!
>
> I'm not aware of a specific equivalent for MariaDB, but if one is needed
> for SRU purposes, we can certainly consider it. For security updates, it
> looks like you have a workflow agreed with the security team, which is
> great.
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