Report weeks 45, 46 and 47
Dear CIP friends,
On week 46 I updated the CIP TSC about progress on the Kernel Maintenance front but did not do it here.
++ Kernel Maintenance
* Ben H. sent notes on Y2038 meeting and various talks to the cip-dev list
* CIP kernel version 4.4.98-cip13 released
** Ben H. Reviewed changes in Linux 4.4.93-4.4.98 inclusive. ** Applied patches to remove firmware from kernel source.
** watchdog feature backport (v2) from Siemens reviewed and applied ** kernel security tracker updated.
** Backported various security fixes and sent them to Greg Kroah-Hartman for the 4.4 stable branch
* Future CIP kernel maintainers training
** Patch review guidelines in progress, as first step towards training kernel devs from Members as future CIP kernel maintainers in progress.
* Kernel maintenance wiki page reviewed. Agustin will update it.
++ CIP Testing project
* Robert Marshall has been doing some support on this list.
* Went over the open tasks and documenting them to be pick up when the project gets re-started.
** Agustin sent a mail on this mailing list summarising:
*** CIP Testing project background.
*** Current status
*** Options for the future
As usual, you can follow our work more closely through the project journal.
Best Regards
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Agustin Benito Bethencourt Principal Consultant - FOSS at Codethink agustin.benito at codethink.co.uk