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David Britton
on 22 August 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 22 Aug 2017

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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: git ubuntu – More on the Imported Repositories

The third post of the git ubuntu series, Robie Basak goes into further details about what gets imported to the repositories. Below are links to the entire series:

cloud-init

  • New upload to artful, SRU process started
  • Merged support for setting admin passwords and expiry in VMware’s VCloud Director
  • Merged tooling for basic performance analysis
  • Documented packaging process to enable others to start uploading

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.

  • vmbuilder, sandbox-upgrader, auto-upgrade-testing were removed from the archive (LP: #1260062)

Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)

asterisk, 1:13.17.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
bind9, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.5ubuntu1, nacc
byobu, 5.122-0ubuntu1, kirkland
byobu, 5.121-0ubuntu2, vorlon
clamav, 0.99.2+dfsg-6ubuntu2, mdeslaur
cloud-init, 0.7.9-243-ge74d775-0ubuntu1, smoser
cyrus-sasl2, 2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3ubuntu1, nacc
dpdk, 17.05.1-3, None
exim4, 4.89-5ubuntu1, paelzer
golang-context, 1.1-2ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-github-gorilla-mux, 1.1-3ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-github-mattn-go-colorable, 0.0.6-1ubuntu7, mwhudson
golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3, 1.2.0+git20170802.105.6654e41~dfsg1-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter, 0.0~git20170719.0.be5337e-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-github-pborman-uuid, 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu9, mwhudson
golang-go.crypto, 1:0.0~git20170629.0.5ef0053-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-gocapability-dev, 0.0~git20160928.0.e7cb7fa-1ubuntu2, mwhudson
golang-golang-x-net-dev, 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3, 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu9, mwhudson
golang-gopkg-inconshreveable-log15.v2, 2.11+git20150921.0.b105bd3-0ubuntu12, mwhudson
golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2, 0.0~git20161126.1.82a07a6-0ubuntu5, mwhudson
golang-gopkg-tomb.v2, 0.0~git20161208.0.d5d1b58-1ubuntu2, mwhudson
golang-goprotobuf, 0.0~git20170808.0.1909bc2-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-petname, 2.7-0ubuntu2, mwhudson
golang-x-text, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
golang-yaml.v2, 0.0+git20170407.0.cd8b52f-1ubuntu1, mwhudson
irqbalance, 1.1.0-2ubuntu3, xnox
libvirt, 3.6.0-1ubuntu3, paelzer
libvirt, 3.6.0-1ubuntu2, paelzer
lxc, 2.0.8-0ubuntu5, vorlon
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu5, xnox
lxd, 2.16-0ubuntu3, stgraber
nut, 2.7.4-5ubuntu4, nacc
nut, 2.7.4-5ubuntu3, nacc
pacemaker, 1.1.17-1ubuntu1, nacc
pollinate, 4.27-0ubuntu1, xnox
pollinate, 4.26-1, xnox
qemu, 1:2.10~rc3+dfsg-0ubuntu1, paelzer
samba, 2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1, nacc
samba, 2:4.6.5+dfsg-8ubuntu1, nacc
strongswan, 5.5.1-4ubuntu2, mdeslaur
ubuntu-advantage-tools, 8, nacc
xen, 4.9.0-0ubuntu2, smb
xen, 4.9.0-0ubuntu1, smb
Total: 44

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

augeas, zesty, 1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1, leosilvab
augeas, xenial, 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1, leosilvab
augeas, trusty, 1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3, leosilvab
augeas, xenial, 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1, leosilvab
augeas, trusty, 1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3, leosilvab
augeas, zesty, 1.6.0-0ubuntu3.1, leosilvab
clamav, zesty, 0.99.2+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
clamav, xenial, 0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
clamav, trusty, 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
clamav, xenial, 0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
clamav, trusty, 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
clamav, zesty, 0.99.2+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
libmspack, zesty, 0.5-1ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur
libmspack, xenial, 0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
libmspack, xenial, 0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
libmspack, zesty, 0.5-1ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur
libvirt, zesty, 2.5.0-3ubuntu5.5, paelzer
logcheck, xenial, 1.3.17ubuntu0.1, nacc
logcheck, trusty, 1.3.16ubuntu0.1, nacc
maas, xenial, 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, andreserl
maas, zesty, 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, andreserl
pollinate, xenial, 4.25-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
pollinate, trusty, 4.25-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, smoser
postfix, trusty, 2.11.0-1ubuntu1.1, nacc
sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.7, paelzer
strongswan, zesty, 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.2, leosilvab
strongswan, xenial, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.4, leosilvab
strongswan, trusty, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.7, leosilvab
strongswan, xenial, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.4, leosilvab
strongswan, trusty, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.7, leosilvab
strongswan, zesty, 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.2, leosilvab
Total: 31

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