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David Britton
on 17 October 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 17 Oct 2017


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.

Spotlight: Artful Release This Week!

Artful RCs are now published. The RC ISOs may not be the final version, but please get to testing them. If all goes according to plan Artful will be released this week!

cloud-init

  • Currently very busy working on SRU of cloud-init with latest upstream version

curtin

  • Fixed fail to install on disk with pre-existing broken partition table
    (LP: #1722322)

Bug Work and Triage

IRC Meeting

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.

Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)

cloud-init, 17.1-18-gd4f70470-0ubuntu1, smoser
docker.io, 1.13.1-0ubuntu6, mwhudson
docker.io, 1.13.1-0ubuntu5, mwhudson
libvirt, 3.6.0-1ubuntu5, paelzer
lxd, 2.18-0ubuntu6, stgraber
lxd, 2.18-0ubuntu5, stgraber
lxd, 2.18-0ubuntu4, stgraber
maas, 2.3.0~beta2-6327-gdd05aa2-0ubuntu1, andreserl
nspr, 2:4.16-1ubuntu2, mdeslaur
qemu, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3, paelzer
qemu, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu2, paelzer
sssd, 1.15.3-2ubuntu1, tjaalton
tomcat8, 8.5.21-1ubuntu1, racb
xen, 4.9.0-0ubuntu3, mdeslaur
Total: 14

Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty)

cloud-init, xenial, 17.1-18-gd4f70470-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
cloud-init, zesty, 17.1-18-gd4f70470-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
curtin, xenial, 0.1.0~bzr532-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
curtin, zesty, 0.1.0~bzr532-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
libseccomp, zesty, 2.3.1-2.1ubuntu2~17.04.1, tyhicks
qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6, paelzer
squid3, trusty, 3.3.8-1ubuntu6.10, paelzer
xen, zesty, 4.8.0-1ubuntu2.4, mdeslaur
xen, xenial, 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4, mdeslaur
xen, trusty, 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14, mdeslaur
Total: 10

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