Ubuntu Server development summary – 07 August 2018

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

• docs: Fix example cloud-init analyze command to match output. [Wesley Gao]
• netplan: Correctly render macaddress on a bonds and bridges when provided. (LP: #1784699)
• tools: Add ‘net-convert’ subcommand command to ‘cloud-init devel’.
• redhat: remove ssh keys on new instance. (LP: #1781094)
• Use typeset or local in profile.d scripts. (LP: #1784713)
• OpenNebula: Fix null gateway6 [Akihiko Ota] (LP: #1768547)
• Canonical’s Chad Smith is granted PPU rights (per package upload) into Ubuntu for cloud-init and curtin packages.

Contact the Ubuntu Server team

• Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
• Email the ubuntu-server mailing list

Bug Work and Triage

• 285 in the backlog
• 121 bugs reviewed since the last report
• 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

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Total: 4

• cloud-init, bionic, 18.3-9-g2e62cb8a-0ubuntu1~18.04.2, chad.smith
• cloud-init, xenial, 18.3-9-g2e62cb8a-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, chad.smith
• ipmitool, xenial, 1.8.16-3ubuntu0.2, dannf
• keepalived, xenial, 1:1.2.24-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, corey.bryant

Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 7

• clamav, trusty, 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.3, leosilvab
• libapache2-mod-perl2, xenial, 2.0.9-4ubuntu1.1, ahasenack
• libmspack, bionic, 0.6-3ubuntu0.1, leosilvab
• libmspack, xenial, 0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.2, leosilvab
• lxc, bionic, 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2, stgraber
• python-django, bionic, 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
• smartmontools, trusty, 6.2+svn3841-1.2ubuntu0.1, ahasenack

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 16

• apache2, 2.4.34-1ubuntu1, ahasenack
• bind9, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu1, ahasenack
• cloud-init, 18.3-18-g3cee0bf8-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
• docker.io, 17.12.1-0ubuntu5, mwhudson
• dovecot, 1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu1, paelzer
• dpdk, 17.11.3-3, pkg-dpdk-devel
• exim4, 4.91-6ubuntu1, ahasenack
• freeipmi, 1.5.7-2ubuntu1, dannf
• ipmitool, 1.8.18-5ubuntu2, dannf
• libnl3, 3.4.0-1, mmind
• nut, 2.7.4-8ubuntu1, dannf
• ocfs2-tools, 1.8.5-5ubuntu1, ahasenack
• open-vm-tools, 2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1, paelzer
• python-django, 1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
• python-django, 1:1.11.15-1, None
• unixodbc, 2.3.6-0.1, vorlon