Finalize new Ubuntu Security Notice format
Work was done during the last sprint to draw up a potential new USN format that would improve on the existing email and web announcements. This would finalize that work, getting input from the community and other interested parties.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Jamie Strandboge
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Jamie Strandboge
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Proposed for karmic
- Implementation:
-
Deferred
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
I. Introduction
A. current format http://
B. problems
II. Goals and requirements
A. target audience
B. standards
C. information
D. website and email
III. Work done (proposed format)
https:/
IV. Remaining items
Security team currently publishes two things:
* USN - goes to mailing list (ubuntu-
* changelog - appears (optionally) in Update Manager
A human-readable change description could appear in the Debian .changes field
Format is partly constrained by Opel-compliance, which some governments/
do not include severity level at this time, as it is not generally useful
for average users and doesn't work well within update-manager anyway
ACTION: create end-user summary templates and get DUX group to review our templates sample summaries to designers
ACTION: get html going and send the marked up (but not CSSified) files to
designers
DONE: update instruction text (thanks mpt!)
