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on 21 July 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 21 July 2017

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

  • cloud-init now supports python 3.6
  • modify Depends such that cloud-init no longer brings ifupdown into an image (LP: #1705639)
  • IPv6 Networking and Gateway fixes (LP: #1694801, #1701097)
  • Other networking fixes (LP: #1695092, #1702513)
  • Numerous CentOS networking commits (LP: #1682014, #1701417, #1686856, #1687725)

Git Ubuntu

  • Added initial linting tool (LP: #1702954)

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)

asterisk, 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2ubuntu2, vorlon
billiard, 3.5.0.2-1, None
cloud-init, 0.7.9-221-g7e41b2a7-0ubuntu3, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-221-g7e41b2a7-0ubuntu2, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-221-g7e41b2a7-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-212-g865e941f-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-210-ge80517ae-0ubuntu1, smoser
freeradius, 3.0.15+dfsg-1ubuntu1, nacc
libvirt, 3.5.0-1ubuntu2, paelzer
multipath-tools, 0.6.4-5ubuntu1, paelzer
multipath-tools, 0.6.4-3ubuntu6, costamagnagianfranco
multipath-tools, 0.6.4-3ubuntu5, jbicha
nginx, 1.12.1-0ubuntu1, teward
ocfs2-tools, 1.8.5-2, None
openldap, 2.4.44+dfsg-8ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
puppet, 4.10.4-2ubuntu1, nacc
python-tornado, 4.5.1-2.1~build1, costamagnagianfranco
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu4, mdeslaur
spice, 0.12.8-2.1ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
tgt, 1:1.0.71-1ubuntu1, paelzer
Total: 20

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

freeipmi, yakkety, 1.4.11-1.1ubuntu4~0.16.10, dannf
golang-1.6, xenial, 1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3, mwhudson
heimdal, zesty, 7.1.0+dfsg-9ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
heimdal, yakkety, 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.10.1, sbeattie
heimdal, xenial, 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1, sbeattie
heimdal, trusty, 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
heimdal, xenial, 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1, sbeattie
heimdal, trusty, 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
heimdal, yakkety, 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.10.1, sbeattie
heimdal, zesty, 7.1.0+dfsg-9ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
iscsitarget, xenial, 1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4.4, apw
iscsitarget, xenial, 1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4.3, smb
iscsitarget, trusty, 1.4.20.3+svn499-0ubuntu2.3, smb
iscsitarget, trusty, 1.4.20.3+svn499-0ubuntu2.3, smb
iscsitarget, xenial, 1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4.3, smb
maas, xenial, 2.2.0+bzr6054-0ubuntu2~16.04.1, andreserl
maas, yakkety, 2.2.0+bzr6054-0ubuntu2~16.10.1, andreserl
maas, zesty, 2.2.0+bzr6054-0ubuntu2~17.04.1, andreserl
mysql-5.5, trusty, 5.5.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, mdeslaur
mysql-5.5, trusty, 5.5.57-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, mdeslaur
mysql-5.7, zesty, 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur
mysql-5.7, xenial, 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
mysql-5.7, xenial, 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
mysql-5.7, zesty, 5.7.19-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur
nagios-images, zesty, 0.9.1ubuntu0.1, nacc
ntp, yakkety, 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2, paelzer
postfix, yakkety, 3.1.0-5ubuntu1, vorlon
samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.4, sbeattie
samba, yakkety, 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.8, sbeattie
samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, sbeattie
samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.10, sbeattie
samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, sbeattie
samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.10, sbeattie
samba, yakkety, 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.8, sbeattie
samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.4, sbeattie
spice, zesty, 0.12.8-2ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
spice, xenial, 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.3, mdeslaur
spice, trusty, 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.5, mdeslaur
spice, xenial, 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.3, mdeslaur
spice, trusty, 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.5, mdeslaur
spice, zesty, 0.12.8-2ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6, slashd
walinuxagent, zesty, 2.2.14-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, yakkety, 2.2.14-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.14-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.14-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100
xen, zesty, 4.8.0-1ubuntu2.2, mdeslaur
xen, yakkety, 4.7.2-0ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
xen, xenial, 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
xen, trusty, 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.12, mdeslaur
xen, xenial, 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
xen, trusty, 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.12, mdeslaur
xen, yakkety, 4.7.2-0ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
xen, zesty, 4.8.0-1ubuntu2.2, mdeslaur
Total: 54

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