Ubuntu Server development summary – 26 June 2019
Chad Smith
on 26 June 2019
Tags: Server , Ubuntu Server , weekly
Hello Ubuntu Server
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 or visit the Ubuntu Server discourse hub for more discussion.
Spotlight: Weekly Ubuntu Server team updates in Discourse
The Ubuntu Server team will now be sending weekly team updates to discourse to give a clear view of the projects, feature and bug work we are working on each week. Come see what we are up to and participate in driving Ubuntu Server changes with us. Here is our June 24 status update. Come discuss any topics of interest with us.
cloud-init
- doc: indicate that netplan is default in Ubuntu now [Daniel Watkins]
- azure: add region and AZ properties from imds compute location metadata [Chad Smith]
- sysconfig: support more bonding options [Penghui Liao]
- cloud-init-generator: use libexec path to ds-identify on redhat systems [Ryan Harper] (LP: #1833264)
- tools/build-on-freebsd: update to python3 [Gonéri Le Bouder]
curtin
- vmtests: drop skip_by_date decorators for bug 1813228 [Daniel Watkins]
- block: Add opportunistic zkey encryption if supported [Ryan Harper]
- vmtests: add support for CURTIN_VMTEST_APT_PROXY [Daniel Watkins]
- vmtests: add use of CURTIN_VMTEST_ prefixed envvars to image sync [Daniel Watkins]
Contact the Ubuntu Server team
- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list
- Find us on the Ubuntu Community Hub – server channel
Bug Work and Triage
- 275 bugs in the backlog
- 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.
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
curtin, disco, 19.1-7-g37a7a0f4-0ubuntu1~19.04.1, raharper
curtin, xenial, 19.1-7-g37a7a0f4-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharper
curtin, cosmic, 19.1-7-g37a7a0f4-0ubuntu1~18.10.1, raharper
curtin, bionic, 19.1-7-g37a7a0f4-0ubuntu1~18.04.1, raharper
sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.15, ahasenack
sssd, bionic, 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.3, ahasenack
walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.40-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, cyphermox
walinuxagent, bionic, 2.2.40-0ubuntu1~18.04.1, cyphermox
walinuxagent, cosmic, 2.2.40-0ubuntu1~18.10.1, cyphermox
walinuxagent, disco, 2.2.40-0ubuntu1~19.04.1, cyphermox
Uploads Released to the Supported Releases
Total: 24
bind9, disco, 1:9.11.5.P1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.5, mdeslaur
bind9, cosmic, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4, mdeslaur
bind9, bionic, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8, mdeslaur
exim4, disco, 4.92-4ubuntu1.1, bryce
fetchmail, bionic, 6.3.26-3ubuntu0.1~18.04.1, ahasenack
libvirt, bionic, 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.11, paelzer
libvirt, disco, 5.0.0-1ubuntu2.3, mdeslaur
libvirt, cosmic, 4.6.0-2ubuntu3.7, mdeslaur
libvirt, cosmic, 4.6.0-2ubuntu3.6, paelzer
open-vm-tools, cosmic, 2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.10.1, paelzer
open-vm-tools, bionic, 2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.04.1, paelzer
openvpn, bionic, 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.3, paelzer
openvpn, cosmic, 2.4.6-1ubuntu2.2, paelzer
openvpn, disco, 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.1, paelzer
postgresql-10, cosmic, 10.9-0ubuntu0.18.10.1, paelzer
postgresql-10, bionic, 10.9-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, paelzer
postgresql-11, disco, 11.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1, paelzer
python-tornado, bionic, 4.5.3-1ubuntu0.1, xnox
qemu, disco, 1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2, paelzer
qemu, cosmic, 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.9, paelzer
qemu, bionic, 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.15, paelzer
qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.40, ddstreet
samba, disco, 2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu2.2, mdeslaur
tomcat8, bionic, 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.2, tdaitx
Uploads to the Development Release
Total: 25
apache2, 2.4.38-3ubuntu2, xnox
bind9, 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5ubuntu1, rafaeldtinoco-b
bind9, 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-4ubuntu2, mdeslaur
byobu, 5.129-0ubuntu1, kirkland
byobu, 5.128-0ubuntu1, kirkland
freeipmi, 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu1, ahasenack
golang-petname, 2.10-0ubuntu1, kirkland
irqbalance, 1.5.0-4ubuntu1, vorlon
libvirt, 5.4.0-0ubuntu2, paelzer
libvirt, 5.4.0-0ubuntu1, paelzer
multipath-tools, 0.7.9-3ubuntu3, xnox
mysql-5.7, 5.7.26-1, pkg-mysql-maint
nginx, 1.16.0-0ubuntu2, teward
nut, 2.7.4-8ubuntu2, doko
openssh, 1:8.0p1-2, debian-ssh
openssh, 1:8.0p1-1, debian-ssh
python-ddt, 1.2.1-1ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
python-ddt, 1.2.1-1, team+openstack
python-ddt, 1.2.1-0ubuntu1, sahid-ferdjaoui
samba, 2:4.10.0+dfsg-0ubuntu4, mdeslaur
sg3-utils, 1.44-1ubuntu1, ahasenack
spice, 0.14.2-0ubuntu2, paelzer
spice, 0.14.2-0ubuntu1, paelzer
spice-protocol, 0.14.0-0ubuntu1, paelzer
ubuntu-advantage-tools, 19.4.1, ahasenack
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