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Joshua Powers
on 23 January 2018

Ubuntu Server development summary – 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

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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

Uploads released to the Supported Releases

Total: 17

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 4

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