The maintainer scripts have not a lot (actually none) version dependent special cases that sometimes wreaking havok for such backports.
OTOH unfortunately no integrated dep8 tests. And as I mentioned at least I don't have a matrix of vmware hosts 10-14 around or any such which I'd like to see at least somewhat tested - and the SRU Team as well I'd guess. I tried manually the current version, installing VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.0-7370693.x86_64.bundle Note: to get rid of it afterwards: sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player And Installed Xenial iso http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso But I couldn't see total breakage without the new version just by installing and basic usage. I have set up a ppa to test new versions that would be made available as SRU to be tested, see [1] for the packages. @Evade: - please help testing those packages as much as you can - I know you referenced 10.2, but since 10.1.15 is the latest we have I won't go ahead of that. - if you would have a few examples what fails on the old but would work on the new version with steps to reproduce (with only free vmware versions) - that would be helping the case a lot. P.S: currently the Ubuntu build farm is disabled for maintenance, so you might need to wait a few days until the ppa is ready - that can be seen on the web view of the ppa on [2] where the packages need little "green checkmarks". [1]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3099 [2]: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/3099/+packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741390 Title: Package two years out of date To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1741390/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
