--- title: "Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: August 1, 2017\n | Ubuntu" description: 'This newsletter is here to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. Highlights Brian Murray announced a change […]' url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-foundations-development-summary-august-1-2017?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 1 August 2017 # Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: August 1, 2017 --- Share the article This newsletter is here to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. ## Highlights * Brian Murray announced a change to the behavior of do-release-upgrade -d: * OpenJDK 8 has been released with the 8u141 security patches * Reliability issues in unattended-upgrades have been addressed: * Netplan 0.25 has been released, including test fixes, IPv6 RA fixes, and handling of MTUs with the NM backend ## The State of the Archive * The ocaml 4.04 transition is done * Ubuntu 16.10 is now EOL * python3.6 is now the default in artful * The perl 5.26 transition has started in artful-proposed; expect delays in package migrations while the autopkgtest runners work through the backlog of related tests. * The transition to gcc 7 as default will begin in early August. ## Upcoming Ubuntu Dates * 16.04.3 point release is scheduled for August 3, 2017 * [17.10 Feature Freeze – August 24, 2017](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule) ## Weekly Meeting * * [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Cut bloat, not features](https://ubuntu.com/blog/cut-bloat-not-features) Accelerating software delivery with minimal OCI images For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), delivering containerized applications to enterprise clients often means... [Lily Rivers-Klee](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/lilyriversklee) 11 September 2026 [### Ubuntu now certified on Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ-8275](https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-now-certified-on-qualcomm-dragonwing-iq-8275) Sep 8, 2026 – Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce the general availability of certified Ubuntu 24.04 LTS images for the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 Evaluation... [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical) 8 September 2026 [### Grace on the currents: Stonking Stingray](https://ubuntu.com/blog/grace-on-the-currents-stonking-stingray) When the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the... [Aaron Prisk](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/aaronprisk) 8 September 2026 [### How we create a Canonical Academy exam](https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-we-create-a-canonical-academy-exam) Open source provides the world with access to cutting-edge software, and the learning that comes with it. But how do you validate someone’s skills in an open ecosystem?... [Ishani Ghoshal](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/ishanighoshal) 2 September 2026