David Britton
on 9 January 2018
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: cloud-init ec2 testing
The cloud-init team has extended their integration tests to allow coverage of the ec2 datasource. This is accomplished via the use of the boto3 python library. Weekly jobs run the tests against supported releases of Ubuntu as well as for proposed testing.
cloud-init
- Fix cloud-init clean subcommand to unlink symlinks instead of calling del_dir (LP: #1741093)
- Fixe traceback when attempting to bounce the network after hostname resets on Azure (LP: #1722668)
curtin
- Moved Launchpad repo from bzr to git
Bug Work and Triage
- 293 in the backlog, 86 bugs reviewed
- Notes on daily bug triage
Contact the Ubuntu Server team
- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list
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: 7
cloud-initramfs-tools, xenial, 0.27ubuntu1.5, smoser
cloud-initramfs-tools, zesty, 0.35ubuntu2.1, smoser
cloud-initramfs-tools, artful, 0.39ubuntu1.1, smoser
sosreport, trusty, 3.5-1~ubuntu14.04.1, slashd
sosreport, xenial, 3.5-1~ubuntu16.04.1, slashd
sosreport, zesty, 3.5-1~ubuntu17.04.1, slashd
sosreport, artful, 3.5-1~ubuntu17.10.1, slashd
Uploads released to the Supported Releases
Total: 21
awstats, zesty, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur
awstats, artful, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaur
awstats, xenial, 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2, mdeslaur
awstats, trusty, 7.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
corosync, trusty, 2.3.3-1ubuntu4, vtapia
corosync, xenial, 2.3.5-3ubuntu2, vtapia
libseccomp, xenial, 2.3.1-2.1ubuntu2~16.04.1, xnox
ntp, artful, 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1, paelzer
ruby1.9.1, trusty, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6, leosilvab
ruby2.3, artful, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1.1, leosilvab
ruby2.3, zesty, 2.3.3-1ubuntu0.3, leosilvab
ruby2.3, xenial, 2.3.1-2~16.04.4, leosilvab
slof, zesty, 20161019+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, paelzer
slof, xenial, 20151103+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, paelzer
slof, artful, 20170724+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, paelzer
strongswan, xenial, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.5, paelzer
strongswan, zesty, 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.3, paelzer
strongswan, artful, 5.5.1-4ubuntu2.2, paelzer
tomcat7, trusty, 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.13, mdeslaur
tomcat8, zesty, 8.0.38-2ubuntu2.2, mdeslaur
tomcat8, xenial, 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.5, mdeslaur
Uploads to the Development Release
Total: 10
awstats, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2, ahasenack
awstats, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur
cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu3, smoser
dpdk, 17.11-3, pkg-dpdk-devel
heartbeat, 1:3.0.6-7, debian-ha-maintainers
libpcap, 1.8.1-6ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
ntp, 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-5ubuntu5, paelzer
ocfs2-tools, 1.8.5-3ubuntu1, ahasenack
python-django, 1:1.11.9-1ubuntu1, vorlon
sysstat, 11.6.1-1, robert-debian
