Ubuntu Server Development Summary - 05 Dec 2017

[David Britton]

# 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][0].

[0]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server

## cloud-init

- Queued upstream for merge into Bionic
- Queued 17.1.46 SRU for Xenial, Zesty, and Artful
- Fix EC2 race on sandboxed dhclient's pidfile during tempdir teardown
  (LP: #1735331)
- Enable Bionic in Integration Tests
- Create LXD and KVM Integration Tests in Jenkins

## curtin

- Added mount 'options' parameter to the mount storage configuration
  structure
- curthooks.write_files legacy support (LP: #1731709)
- Merged control of curtin install unmounting
- Added rootfs on lvm test to vmtests (LP: #1731490)
- Fix Bionic netdeps
- Enable Bionic in vmtests

## Postgres

- Bionic now has postgresql version 10 (LP: #1733527)

## Bug Work and Triage

- 290 in the [backlog][1], 124 bugs reviewed
- [Notes on daily bug triage][2]

[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs
[2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#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][3]. For a full list of recent merges with change
logs please see the Ubuntu Server [report][4].

[3]: https://merges.ubuntu.com/main.html
[4]: http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/merges.html

### Uploads to the Development Release (Bionic)

```
byobu, 5.124-0ubuntu1, kirkland
byobu, 5.123-0ubuntu2, doko
cloud-init, 17.1-46-g7acc9e68-0ubuntu1, smoser
cluster-glue, 1.0.12-7, None
crmsh, 3.0.1-2ubuntu2, vorlon
crmsh, 3.0.1-2ubuntu1, vorlon
dovecot, 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu1, paelzer
exim4, 4.89-9ubuntu3, mdeslaur
iproute2, 4.9.0-1ubuntu3, paelzer
nmap, 7.60-1ubuntu2, doko
rrdtool, 1.7.0-0ubuntu3, doko
rrdtool, 1.7.0-0ubuntu2, doko
rrdtool, 1.7.0-0ubuntu1, doko
Total: 13

```

### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Zesty, Artful)

```
cloud-init, xenial, 17.1-46-g7acc9e68-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
cloud-init, zesty, 17.1-46-g7acc9e68-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
cloud-init, artful, 17.1-46-g7acc9e68-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, smoser
exim4, artful, 4.89-5ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
exim4, zesty, 4.88-5ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
ipxe, zesty, 1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-1ubuntu2.2, andreserl
ipxe, xenial, 1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-1ubuntu1.2, andreserl
libvirt-python, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu1.1, paelzer
lxd, xenial, 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber
maas, xenial, 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, andreserl
maas, zesty, 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, andreserl
maas, artful, 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, andreserl
mailman, trusty, 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.3, paelzer
php7.0, xenial, 7.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, nacc
php7.1, artful, 7.1.11-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, nacc
strongswan, artful, 5.5.1-4ubuntu2.1, paelzer
Total: 16
```

## Contact the Ubuntu Server team

- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the [ubuntu-server mailing list][5]

[5]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server


-- 
David Britton <david.britton at canonical.com>