Why was 17.10.1 released?
up vote
4
down vote
favorite
I just noticed when going back through the releases that 17.10 was released as usual, but then 17.10.1 was subsequently released. This is not normal - the standard release cycle only has point releases for LTS versions (e.g. 14.04, 16.04, 18.04).
Why was this unusual point release made?
17.10 release-management
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
favorite
I just noticed when going back through the releases that 17.10 was released as usual, but then 17.10.1 was subsequently released. This is not normal - the standard release cycle only has point releases for LTS versions (e.g. 14.04, 16.04, 18.04).
Why was this unusual point release made?
17.10 release-management
1
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
favorite
up vote
4
down vote
favorite
I just noticed when going back through the releases that 17.10 was released as usual, but then 17.10.1 was subsequently released. This is not normal - the standard release cycle only has point releases for LTS versions (e.g. 14.04, 16.04, 18.04).
Why was this unusual point release made?
17.10 release-management
I just noticed when going back through the releases that 17.10 was released as usual, but then 17.10.1 was subsequently released. This is not normal - the standard release cycle only has point releases for LTS versions (e.g. 14.04, 16.04, 18.04).
Why was this unusual point release made?
17.10 release-management
17.10 release-management
asked yesterday
Tim
19.3k1482136
19.3k1482136
1
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday
add a comment |
1
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday
1
1
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
up vote
7
down vote
Shortly after release, reports were received of a bug in UEFI firmware of laptops from Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba which corrupted the BIOS and made the machine unbootable.
In late December the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 were removed from the website. Shortly after, a fixed version of Ubuntu was released as a point release - Ubuntu 17.10.1.
The issue was due to a bug in the Intel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) kernel module.
The Q&A Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS? may also be of interest.
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
7
down vote
Shortly after release, reports were received of a bug in UEFI firmware of laptops from Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba which corrupted the BIOS and made the machine unbootable.
In late December the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 were removed from the website. Shortly after, a fixed version of Ubuntu was released as a point release - Ubuntu 17.10.1.
The issue was due to a bug in the Intel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) kernel module.
The Q&A Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS? may also be of interest.
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
Shortly after release, reports were received of a bug in UEFI firmware of laptops from Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba which corrupted the BIOS and made the machine unbootable.
In late December the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 were removed from the website. Shortly after, a fixed version of Ubuntu was released as a point release - Ubuntu 17.10.1.
The issue was due to a bug in the Intel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) kernel module.
The Q&A Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS? may also be of interest.
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
Shortly after release, reports were received of a bug in UEFI firmware of laptops from Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba which corrupted the BIOS and made the machine unbootable.
In late December the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 were removed from the website. Shortly after, a fixed version of Ubuntu was released as a point release - Ubuntu 17.10.1.
The issue was due to a bug in the Intel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) kernel module.
The Q&A Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS? may also be of interest.
Shortly after release, reports were received of a bug in UEFI firmware of laptops from Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba which corrupted the BIOS and made the machine unbootable.
In late December the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 were removed from the website. Shortly after, a fixed version of Ubuntu was released as a point release - Ubuntu 17.10.1.
The issue was due to a bug in the Intel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) kernel module.
The Q&A Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS? may also be of interest.
edited 23 hours ago
answered yesterday
Tim
19.3k1482136
19.3k1482136
add a comment |
add a comment |
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1091568%2fwhy-was-17-10-1-released%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
1
Related: Does Ubuntu 17.10 break the BIOS?
– wjandrea
yesterday