Ubuntu Server development summary – 15 May 2018
Joshua Powers
on 15 May 2018
Tags: Server , Ubuntu Server , weekly
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
- Competed SRU for 18.2.4 to Ubuntu Xenial and Artful
- SmartOS configure nics which do not surface addr_assign_type info in /sys
- Fix ds-identify to avoid duplicate config checks for IBMCloud enabled
- ds-identify: make shellcheck 0.4.6 happy with ds-identify
- cloud-config.service: run After snap.seeded.service
- CI integration test fixes for Ubuntu Bionic
- Do not rely on host /proc/cmdline in test_net.py from Lars Kellogg-Stedman (LP: #1769952)
Contact the Ubuntu Server team
- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list
Bug Work and Triage
- 276 in the backlog
- 114 bugs reviewed since the last report
- Notes on daily bug triage
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. The authorization page: (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=hrMtWWLSPd8Xb3plngR0&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION) should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize this program to access Launchpad on your behalf. Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision…
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: 10
libvirt, bionic, 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.1, paelzer
libvirt, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.23, paelzer
libvirt, artful, 3.6.0-1ubuntu6.7, paelzer
munin, bionic, 2.0.37-1ubuntu0.1, stefanor
open-vm-tools, artful, 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.17.10.1, paelzer
open-vm-tools, xenial, 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1, paelzer
qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.27, paelzer
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.6, ddstreet
vlan, xenial, 1.9-3.2ubuntu1.16.04.5, ddstreet
vlan, artful, 1.9-3.2ubuntu5.17.10.1, ddstreet
Uploads Released to the Supported Releases
Total: 7
cloud-init, xenial, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, chad.smith
cloud-init, artful, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~17.10.2, chad.smith
dpdk, bionic, 17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
php5, trusty, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25, mdeslaur
php7.0, xenial, 7.0.30-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
php7.1, artful, 7.1.17-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaur
php7.2, bionic, 7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, mdeslaur
Uploads to the Development Release
Total: 23
awscli, 1.15.15-1, None
bridge-utils, 1.5-16ubuntu1, vorlon
celery, 4.1.0-4, None
cloud-init, 18.2-41-g3b712fce-0ubuntu1, smoser
corosync, 2.4.4-3, debian-ha-maintainers
dlm, 4.0.7-2, debian-ha-maintainers
dpdk, 17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
libqb, 1.0.3-1, debian-ha-maintainers
libvirt, 4.0.0-1ubuntu10, paelzer
libvirt, 4.0.0-1ubuntu9, cyphermox
monitoring-plugins, 2.2-4, pkg-nagios-devel
munin, 2.0.37-1ubuntu1, stefanor
net-tools, 1.60+git20161116.90da8a0-2ubuntu1, vorlon
nss, 2:3.36.1-1ubuntu1, paelzer
openldap, 2.4.46+dfsg-5ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
php7.2, 7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, mdeslaur
postfix, 3.3.0-1ubuntu1, ahasenack
python-hacking, 0.12.0-1, openstack-devel
python-ldappool, 2.2.0-3ubuntu1, corey.bryant
seabios, 1.11.1-1, pkg-qemu-devel
ssh-import-id, 5.7-24-g4001a38e-0ubuntu1, smoser
sssd, 1.16.1-1ubuntu2, doko
vlan, 1.9-3.2ubuntu6, ddstreet
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