Joshua Powers
on 23 June 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 23 Jun 2017


This article was last updated 8 year s ago.

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: Bug Squashing Day #5

The next bug squashing day will take place next week, Wednesday, June 28! For more information please see the announcement on the Ubuntu Server mailing list.

cloud-init

  • Continue cloud-init SRU testing
  • The new nightly and merge proposal testing pipeline is live.

dpdk

  • Review of DPDK 17.05
  • Retest of Cavium OVS-DPDK
  • DPDK 16.11.2 into Debian/deb_dpdk + sync
  • Enable arm64 (LP: #1691658, LP: #1691659)

IRC Meeting

Bug Work and Triage

Bugs Worked

Below is a list of bugs completed by the Server Team this week:

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.

Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)

dpdk, 16.11.2-2, None
iproute2, 4.9.0-1ubuntu2, jbicha
keepalived, 1:1.3.2-1build1, vorlon
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu4, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu5, stgraber
nss, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu2, mdeslaur
openvpn, 2.4.0-5ubuntu2, mdeslaur
php7.1, 7.1.6-2ubuntu1, nacc
python-boto, 2.44.0-1ubuntu2, racb
python-django, 1:1.10.7-2ubuntu2, vorlon
python-django, 1:1.10.7-2ubuntu1, vorlon
ruby2.3, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2, nacc
screen, 4.5.1-4ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
sssd, 1.15.2-1ubuntu2, nacc
websockify, 0.8.0+dfsg1-7ubuntu1, mwhudson
Total: 16

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

autofs, xenial, 5.1.1-1ubuntu3.1, slashd
autofs, yakkety, 5.1.1-1ubuntu4, slashd
cloud-init, trusty, 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.22, smoser
curtin, yakkety, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, smoser
curtin, zesty, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
exim4, zesty, 4.88-5ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
exim4, yakkety, 4.87-3ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
exim4, xenial, 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2, sbeattie
exim4, trusty, 4.82-3ubuntu2.3, sbeattie
exim4, xenial, 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2, sbeattie
exim4, trusty, 4.82-3ubuntu2.3, sbeattie
exim4, yakkety, 4.87-3ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
exim4, zesty, 4.88-5ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
lxc, zesty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, stgraber
lxc, yakkety, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, stgraber
lxc, xenial, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber
lxc, trusty, 1.0.10-0ubuntu1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, stgraber
multipath-tools, trusty, 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.16, slashd
nss, zesty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, yakkety, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.2, mdeslaur
nss, xenial, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, trusty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, xenial, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, trusty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, yakkety, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.2, mdeslaur
nss, zesty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.2, mdeslaur
openvpn, zesty, 2.4.0-4ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
openvpn, yakkety, 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, xenial, 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, trusty, 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openvpn, xenial, 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, trusty, 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openvpn, yakkety, 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, zesty, 2.4.0-4ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.3, paelzer
tomcat8, yakkety, 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.2, racb
Total: 37

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