Ubuntu Server development summary – 23 January 2018
Joshua Powers
on 23 January 2018
The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list.
cloud-init
- MAAS datasource will avoid re-crawling MAAS metadata across reboots with oauth credentials haven’t changed.
- Do not log warning on config files that represent None (LP: 1742479)
- integration tests: pull in pylxd via git hash due to infrequent formal releases
curtin
- SRU version 17.1
- vmtests: switch to MAAS v3 streams for images and kernels
- vmtests: initialize logger with class names for easy parsing
- Standardize all license headers and file footers
Bug Work and Triage
- 295 in the backlog, 59 bugs reviewed
- Notes on daily bug triage
Contact the Ubuntu Server team
- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list
Ubuntu Server Packages
Below is a summary of uploads to the development and supported releases. Current status of the Debian to Ubuntu merges is tracked on the Merge-o-Matic page. For a full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server report.
Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases
Please consider testing the following by enabling proposed, checking packages for update regressions, and making sure to mark affected bugs verified as fixed.
Total: 8
clamav, xenial, 0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, paelzercurtin, xenial, 17.1-11-ga4c9636b-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharpercurtin, artful, 17.1-11-ga4c9636b-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, raharpercurtin, xenial, 17.1-6-g8b145067-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharpercurtin, artful, 17.1-6-g8b145067-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, raharpergoogle-apputils-python, artful, 0.4.1-1ubuntu2.17.10.1, azzar1google-apputils-python, xenial, 0.4.1-1ubuntu2.16.04.1, azzar1postfix, xenial, 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.3, paelzer
Uploads released to the Supported Releases
Total: 17
awstats, xenial, 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3, ahasenackawstats, artful, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.2, ahasenackbind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.10, mdeslaurbind9, artful, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu1.1, mdeslaurbind9, trusty, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.17, mdeslaurcloud-initramfs-tools, xenial, 0.27ubuntu1.5, smosercloud-initramfs-tools, artful, 0.39ubuntu1.1, smosermaas, trusty, 1.9.5+bzr4599-0ubuntu1~14.04.3, andreserlmysql-5.5, trusty, 5.5.59-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, mdeslaurmysql-5.7, artful, 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaurmysql-5.7, xenial, 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslauropenssh, artful, 1:7.5p1-10ubuntu0.1, mdeslauropenssh, xenial, 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4, mdeslauropenssh, trusty, 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10, mdeslaurrsync, artful, 3.1.2-2ubuntu0.2, leosilvabrsync, xenial, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2, leosilvabrsync, trusty, 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.4, leosilvab
Uploads to the Development Release
Total: 4
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