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Ubuntu Hits Pause on SRU Kernel Releases for September

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 23, 2024

Quoting: Ubuntu Hits Pause on SRU Kernel Releases for September - OMG! Ubuntu —

Maintaining, building, packaging, testing, and publishing kernel updates across all supported Ubuntu releases, and all supported architectures, requires solid, reliable infrastructure. Even the most well-oiled machines need a pit-stop once in a while.

At face value this announcement sounds big, but will it actually impact end users?

Nah, not really.

For one, this is not the first time Ubuntu’s needed to skip a cycle in its every-rolling kernel SRU cadence for supported Ubuntu releases — and on those occasions, the world kept turning.

Secondly, critically important security patches, bug fixes, and others issues will be covered ‘if necessary’, according to Nicolescu, which is reassuring.

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