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Chad Smith
on 15 May 2019

Ubuntu Server development summary – 15 May 2019


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: cloud-init 19.1.1 upstream released to Eoan

Upstream release of cloud-init version 19.1.1 has been released. It represents 5 months of development from 24 developers in 20 different domains and fixes 30 launchpad issues. This release has already been published to Eoan.

Cloud-init 19.1.1 is also undergoing Stable Release Update (SRU) verification this week. This version is available in the proposed pockets for Xenial, Bionic, Cosmic and Disco series.

To kick the tires on cloud-init 19.1.1, one can add a -proposed apt source line and apt-get install cloud-init. Expectation is that we will finish SRU testing on cloud-init 19.1.1 for Xenial, Bionic, Cosmic and Disco by next week.

cloud-init

  • Queue SRU of cloud-init 19.1.1 into Xenial, Bionic, Cosmic (LP: #1828637)
  • Azure: Return static fallback address as if failed to find endpoint [Jason Zions (MSFT)]
  • release 19.1 (LP: #1828479)
  • freebsd: add chpasswd pkg in the image [Gonéri Le Bouder]
  • tests: add Eoan release [Paride Legovini]
  • cc_mounts: check if mount -a on no-change fstab path [Jason Zions (MSFT)] (LP: #1825596)
  • replace remaining occurrences of LOG.warn [Daniel Watkins]
  • DataSourceAzure: Adjust timeout for polling IMDS [Anh Vo]

curtin

  • grub: add grub config to control os_prober,terminal settings in target [Ryan Harper]
  • vmtest: add eoan tests [Paride Legovini]
  • vmtest: add dependency on python3-jsonschema [Paride Legovini]
  • Pylint compatibility with Python 3.7 [Paride Legovini] (LP: #1828229)
  • vmtest: disable disco multipath test [Ryan Harper]
  • vmtests: bump network mtu tests out a bit [Ryan Harper]
  • Fix up yaml.load warnings [Ryan Harper]
  • vmtest: disable trusty, it’s dead jim [Ryan Harper]

Contact the Ubuntu Server team

Bug Work and 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: 15

Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 28

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 26

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