[SRU] libreoffice 6.4.4 for focal
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libreoffice (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Heather Ellsworth | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Heather Ellsworth |
Bug Description
[Impact]
* LibreOffice 6.4.4 is in its fourth bugfix release of the 6.4 line. Version 6.4.4 is currently in focal.
For a list of fixed bugs compared to 6.4.3 see the list of bugs fixed in the two release candidates:
https:/
https:/
(that's a total of 98 bugs)
* Given the nature of the project, the complexity of the codebase and the high level of quality assurance upstream, it is preferable to SRU a minor release rather than cherry-pick selected bug fixes.
[Test Case]
* No specific test case, bugs fixed upstream hopefully come with unit/regression tests, and the release itself is extensively exercised upstream (both in an automated manner and manually) by a community of testers. Each minor release normally goes through two release candidates.
* The libreoffice packages include autopkgtests, those should be run and verified to pass.
* General smoke testing of all the applications in the office suite should be carried out.
[Regression Potential]
* A minor release with a total of 98 bug fixes always carries the potential for introducing regressions, even though it is a bugfix-only release, meaning that no new features were added, and no existing features were removed.
* A combination of autopkgtests and careful smoke testing as described above should provide reasonable confidence that no regressions sneaked in.
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Heather Ellsworth (hellsworth) |
importance: | Critical → High |
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Heather Ellsworth (hellsworth) |
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | Incomplete → In Progress |
libreoffice is not a package that has been identified as having a microrelease exception according to <https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/StableRelea seUpdates# New_upstream_ microreleases>. And the Test case listed here seems rather aspirational - "bugs fixed upstream hopefully come with unit/regression tests". Please speak directly to how this update meets the standard for microrelease updates.
Also, it would help in terms of the justification of an SRU to have clarity around what the bugs are that are worth fixing. The only one that I see referenced is LP: #1869561 - do you beileve this bug in particular justifies taking the new upstream version?