[Debian] Re: Unfreeze of a number of packages

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Indeed, there is a number of nasty bugs fixed in it. Below are just a 
few of them -- with URLs to git.openvz.org gitweb interface, where you 
can see all the detailed logs and the diffs. Also, the complete 
changelog is here: 
http://git.openvz.org/?p=linux-2.6.18-openvz;a=shortlog;h=028test015
If you have questions concerning any of the individual patches -- just ask.

Again, as Ola said, the updated package is not breaking anything else, 
but rather just fixes its own problems, making it usable and more stable.

Various oops in schedule fixed (OpenVZ bug #412)
http://tinyurl.com/2nh4rv

[SIMFS] Fix statfs behaviour over reiserfs and no-quota case
http://tinyurl.com/38l9t2

[SECURITY]: Deadlock in mincore (CVE-2006-4814)
http://tinyurl.com/34x3p5

[BC] Fix race in IO accounting
http://tinyurl.com/32mbek

[CPT] fix oops in error path
http://tinyurl.com/2pvcp9

[VENET] Fix of ip6 addr add
http://tinyurl.com/3b2t2p

IPv[46] indev initialization fix
Correct inet device initialization order to avoid partly initialized device.
http://tinyurl.com/2oaxlf

Logical refcount loop in ipc ns -> massive leakage
http://tinyurl.com/383dcy

[CPT][IA64] pause() could hang forever
http://tinyurl.com/3b6hel


Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> Hi
>
> I understand that you do not consider the update of kernel-patch-openvz
> to be something that you can unfreeze that easily. I have been in contact
> with Luk before and he promised to look at it, so Luk do you have any
> other opinion about this?
>
> Here are some arguments that it can be unblocked:
> * No other package depends on this package
> * Compilation for all supported architectures have been done, except for
>   ia64 as I do not have a build host for that arch, more than merulo and
>   it need to be in unstable for some time for that.
> * Compiled kernel have been regression tested.
>
> Kir, have you some other good arguments or specific error corrections
> that you want to point out?
>
> I just know that there are number of nasty bugs that have been corrected in this
> version.
>
> Regards,
>
> // Ola
>
> PS. Kir is the project manager for openvz.
> DS.
>
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 11:48:33AM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote:
>   
>> Ola Lundqvist <opal at debian.org> writes:
>>     
>>> * ntop
>>> 	Correction of a crash and japanese translation
>>> * cron-apt
>>> 	Added missing dependency on cron
>>> 	This is an important fix.
>>> * dpsyco
>>> 	Correction of a very annoying error message
>>> * vnc4
>>> 	Terminal handling improvement.
>>> 	Not that important but useful.
>>>       
>> Unblocked.
>>     
>
> Thanks for that.
>
>   
>>> * kernel-patch-openvz
>>> And finally I would like you to consider to accept the version
>>> of kernel-patch-openvz that I have uploaded to experimental.
>>> I know that this is a quite big change but there are a number
>>> of reasons why it should be done.
>>>       
>> I don't think this qualifies for a freeze exception, but maybe another
>> release team member has a different opinion.
>>
>> Marc
>> -- 
>> BOFH #200:
>> The monitor needs another box of pixels.
>>     
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