[Merge] ~kajiya/livecd-rootfs:kajiya-lp-1895104-add-serial-port-to-ovf into livecd-rootfs:ubuntu/master

[Chloé Smith]

Chloé Smith has proposed merging ~kajiya/livecd-rootfs:kajiya-lp-1895104-add-serial-port-to-ovf into livecd-rootfs:ubuntu/master.

Commit message:
Add a serial port to OVF template (LP: #1895104)

groovy hangs during boot on ESXi when the version is greater than
10. Adding a serial port by default fixes this specific bug - increasing
the HW version will be for another branch.
 
This is because more investigation is needed into whether it is possible to increment
ddb.virtualHWVersion without disrupting Oracle VirtualBox images.

Requested reviews:
  Ubuntu Core Development Team (ubuntu-core-dev)
Related bugs:
  Bug #1895104 in Ubuntu: "It hangs during booting after deploy cloud image(.ova)  and upgrade hardware vesion in ESXi"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1895104

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~kajiya/livecd-rootfs/+git/livecd-rootfs/+merge/404339

This has been tested on both Impish and Groovy - both booted fine as OVA imports into VirtualBox.

cloud_test_framework:basic_ubuntu tests were run on both a vanilla.ova and an edited.ova of Impish on VirtualBox - there were failures but the failures are the same on both, so I'm assuming the change to the ova-vmdk template made is not the cause.
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Your team Ubuntu Core Development Team is requested to review the proposed merge of ~kajiya/livecd-rootfs:kajiya-lp-1895104-add-serial-port-to-ovf into livecd-rootfs:ubuntu/master.
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