Ubuntu Server development summary – 27 November 2018
Joshua Powers
on 27 November 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
- azure: retry imds polling on requests.Timeout (LP: LP:1800223)
- azure: _poll_imds only retry on 404. Fail on Timeout (LP: #1803598)
- logs: collect-logs ignore instance-data-sensitive.json on non-root user (LP: #1805201)
- net: Ephemeral*Network: add connectivity check via URL
- resizefs: Prefix discovered devpath with ‘/dev/’ when path does not exist [Igor Galić]
curtin
- Add clear-holders to meta-simple (LP: #1786736)
- Fix bug in is_swap_device if a device was smaller than page_size. (LP: #1803672)
- unittest: change directory to tmpdir for testing relative files.
- unittest: correctly use tmpdir for my.img [Joshua Powers] (LP: #1803611)
- vmtest: add disco tests [Joshua Powers]
- vmtests: check install log for Out of memory kernel messages and fail
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
- 269 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: 8
openssh, cosmic, 1:7.7p1-4ubuntu0.1, kstenerud
sosreport, xenial, 3.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, slashd
sosreport, bionic, 3.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.1, slashd
sosreport, cosmic, 3.6-1ubuntu0.18.10.1, slashd
walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.32-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.32-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, bionic, 2.2.32-0ubuntu1~18.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, cosmic, 2.2.32-0ubuntu1~18.10.1, sil2100
Uploads Released to the Supported Releases
Total: 32
apache2, bionic, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.5, ahasenack
bind9, bionic, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3, ahasenack
clamav, trusty, 0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2, alexmurray
cyrus-sasl2, xenial, 2.1.26.dfsg1-14ubuntu0.1, ahasenack
fetchmail, cosmic, 6.3.26-3ubuntu0.1, kstenerud
libapache2-mod-perl2, cosmic, 2.0.10-2ubuntu3.18.10.1, mdeslaur
libapache2-mod-perl2, bionic, 2.0.10-2ubuntu3.18.04.1, mdeslaur
libapache2-mod-perl2, xenial, 2.0.9-4ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
libapache2-mod-perl2, trusty, 2.0.8+httpd24-r1449661-6ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
minicom, xenial, 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1, mikesalvatore
minicom, trusty, 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, mikesalvatore
open-vm-tools, bionic, 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3, paelzer
openldap, trusty, 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5, ahasenack
openldap, xenial, 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.4, ahasenack
openldap, bionic, 2.4.45+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, ahasenack
openldap, cosmic, 2.4.46+dfsg-5ubuntu1.1, ahasenack
postgresql-10, cosmic, 10.6-0ubuntu0.18.10.1, mdeslaur
postgresql-10, bionic, 10.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, mdeslaur
qemu, cosmic, 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1, mdeslaur
qemu, bionic, 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.8, mdeslaur
qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.33, mdeslaur
qemu, trusty, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.44, mdeslaur
samba, cosmic, 2:4.8.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
samba, bionic, 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.5, mdeslaur
samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.18, mdeslaur
samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.19, mdeslaur
samba, bionic, 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4, ahasenack
sosreport, cosmic, 3.6-1ubuntu0.18.10.2, slashd
sosreport, xenial, 3.6-1ubuntu0.16.04.2, slashd
sosreport, bionic, 3.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2, slashd
squid3, xenial, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.6, ahasenack
sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.12, kstenerud
Uploads to the Development Release
Total: 43
chrony, 3.4-1ubuntu1, paelzer
cloud-init, 18.4-24-g8f812a15-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
cloud-init, 18.4-22-g6062595b-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
cloud-initramfs-tools, 0.44ubuntu1, smoser
dovecot, 1:2.3.3-1ubuntu1, kstenerud
dovecot, 1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu4, doko
facter, 3.11.0-1build3, juliank
fetchmail, 6.3.26-3ubuntu1, kstenerud
krb5, 1.16.1-1ubuntu1, ahasenack
libapache2-mod-perl2, 2.0.10-2ubuntu5, mdeslaur
libpam-mount, 2.16-9ubuntu1, xnox
librabbitmq, 0.9.0-0.1, fladi
libvirt, 4.6.0-2ubuntu4, paelzer
lxc, 3.0.3-0ubuntu1, stgraber
lxcfs, 3.0.3-0ubuntu1, stgraber
mysql-5.7, 5.7.24-2, pkg-mysql-maint
nginx, 1.15.7-0ubuntu1, teward
nginx, 1.15.6-0ubuntu2, teward
nginx, 1.15.6-0ubuntu1, teward
nspr, 2:4.20-1ubuntu1, kstenerud
open-vm-tools, 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu4, doko
openssh, 1:7.9p1-4, debian-ssh
php7.2, 7.2.11-3build2, jbicha
php7.2, 7.2.11-3build1, doko
postfix, 3.3.1-1build1, doko
postgresql-10, 10.5-1ubuntu3, adconrad
postgresql-10, 10.5-1ubuntu2, adconrad
postgresql-10, 10.5-1ubuntu1, adconrad
postgresql-10, 10.5-1build3, doko
postgresql-11, 11.1-1build1, doko
postgresql-11, 11.1-1build1, doko
postgresql-common, 196, team+postgresql
python-hplefthandclient, 1.0.1-2, openstack-devel
qemu, 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9, paelzer
rabbitmq-server, 3.7.8-4ubuntu1, corey.bryant
resource-agents, 1:4.2.0-1ubuntu1, james-page
ruby2.5, 2.5.1-6ubuntu3, leosilvab
samba, 2:4.8.4+dfsg-2ubuntu3, vorlon
simplestreams, 0.1.0-17-g693795b-0ubuntu1, smoser
sosreport, 3.6-1ubuntu2, slashd
sosreport, 3.6-1ubuntu1, slashd
squid, 4.4-1ubuntu1, ahasenack
walinuxagent, 2.2.32-0ubuntu1, sil2100
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