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Joshua Powers
on 11 October 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 10 Oct 2017


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.

Spotlight: Artful Release Next Week

Artful is in its final week of testing. This week the final freeze will occur and release candidate get published. If you are interested head over to the daily ISO page and give Artful a spin!

cloud-init

  • Released cloud-init master to artful
  • Queued SRU of cloud-init:master into Xenial and Zesty
  • Re-enabled tox support for integration tests

curtin

  • Queued SRU of curtin:trunk into Xenial and Zesty
  • Cleanup of artful vmtest cases

git-ubuntu

  • Released version 0.3 is now in the edge snap channel with numerous bug fixes.

Bug Work and Triage

IRC Meeting

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.

Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)

cloud-init, 17.1-18-gd4f70470-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 17.1-17-g45d361cb-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 17.1-13-g7fd04255-0ubuntu1, smoser
curtin, 0.1.0~bzr532-0ubuntu1, smoser
docker.io, 1.13.1-0ubuntu5, mwhudson
libseccomp, 2.3.1-2.1ubuntu3, tyhicks
lxd, 2.18-0ubuntu4, stgraber
maas, 2.3.0~beta1-6301-gca25180-0ubuntu1, andreserl
ntp, 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu3, xnox
postfix, 3.2.3-1, None
Total: 10

Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty)

cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, smoser
cloud-init, zesty, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, smoser
juju-core, xenial, 2.2.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mwhudson
juju-core, zesty, 2.2.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mwhudson
libvirt, trusty, 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.23, paelzer
maas, trusty, 1.9.5+bzr4599-0ubuntu1~14.04.2, andreserl
ruby1.9.1, trusty, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5, leosilvab
squid3, trusty, 3.3.8-1ubuntu6.10, paelzer
vlan, zesty, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.17.04.3, paelzer
vlan, xenial, 1.9-3.2ubuntu1.16.04.4, paelzer
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.5, paelzer
Total: 11

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