12.04.x images with LTS Enablement Kernel
[RATIONALE]
Support and users would like Cloud Images that support the LTS Enablement Kernel
[GOAL]
Produce 12.04.x images that boot by default to the LTS Enablement kernel
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Antonio Rosales
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Ben Howard
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Ubuntu Server
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
- Started
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Dave Walker
- Completed by
Whiteboard
[USER STORIES]
Bob likes Ceph. The ceph modules in 3.2 do not work as well as later kernel images.
Alice likes btrfs. The btrfs kernel module in 3.2 do not have the latest features. She wants to stay on 12.04.
[ASSUMPTIONS]
[RISKS]
- Kernel upgrade story at the end of the LTS kernel is nil. Users have to manually upgrade.
[IN SCOPE]
- Produce new cloud-images with LTS Enablement kernel
[OUT OF SCOPE]
[USER ACCEPTANCE]
[RELEASE NOTE/BLOG]
Ubuntu Cloud Images for 12.04.x are now being produced with the LTS-Enablement Kernel, in addition to the 3.2 seriies that orginially shipped with 12.04 LTS. The LTS-Enablement kernel allows those who need to run a newer kernel versions.
[CONCERNS]
- [smoser] Adding yet another image
[SUGGESTIONS]
- [smoser] Enable rebundling images
- [utemming] Enable cloud-init short-hand to do this automatically
[NOTES]
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Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.