Ubuntu Server Development Summary - 16 Jun 2017

[David Britton]

Hello Ubuntu Server!

The purpose of this weekly email is to make sure our community can follow
development with toes dipped in before and between jumping headlong into
helping shape Ubuntu Server!

## Spotlight: Task Tracking

The Canonical Server Team is using Trello to track our weekly tasks.
Feel free to take a peek and follow along on the [Ubuntu Server Daily
board](https://trello.com/b/U9HhWyT0/ubuntu-server-daily).

## cloud-init and curtin

### cloud-init

- Uploaded package to Artful and supported releases proposed
- Met with Redhat team to discuss packaging and release processes
- Change config/cloud.cfg to act as template to allow downstream
  distributions to generate this for special needs
- Added makefile target to install dependencies on various downstream
  distributions
- Enable auto-generation of module docs from schema attribute if present
- Change Redhat spec file based on init system
- Convert templates from cheetah to jinja to allow building in python3
  environments
- Setup testing of daily cloud-init COPR builds
- Fix LP: #1693361 race between apt-daily and cloud-init
- Fix LP: #1686754 sysconfig renderer from leaving CIDR notation instead
  of netmask
- Fix LP: #1686751 selinux issues while running under Redhat

### curtin

- Created PPA for MAAS passthrough networking test
- Fix LP: #1645680 adding PPA due to new GPG agent

## Bug Work and Triage

- Extended Ubuntu Server triage tool to assist with expiration of bugs
  in backlog
- Review expiring ubuntu-server subscribed bugs in backlog
- Review server-next tagged bugs for priority and relevance
- Triage samba bugs from backlog
- 64 bugs reviewed, 1 accepted, 317 in the backlog
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs
- Notes on daily bug triage
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Bug_Triage

## IRC Meeting

- IRC Log: http://bit.ly/2sabdDn
- Agenda and notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

## Ubuntu Server Packages

Below is a summary of uploads to the development and supported releases.
Current status of Debian to Ubuntu merges is tracked on the
Merge-o-Matic page: https://merges.ubuntu.com/main.html.

### Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)
```
billiard, 3.5.0.2-0ubuntu1, nacc
celery, 4.0.2-0ubuntu1, nacc
cloud-initramfs-tools, 0.38ubuntu1, smoser
curtin, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1, smoser
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu3, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu4, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu3, stgraber
nss, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu2, mdeslaur
python-boto, 2.44.0-1ubuntu2, racb
python-tornado, 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, mwhudson
rrdtool, 1.6.0-1ubuntu1, vorlon
ruby2.3, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1, mdeslaur
Total: 13
```

### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty)
```
cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
cloud-init, yakkety, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, smoser
cloud-init, zesty, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
ebtables, trusty, 2.0.10.4-3ubuntu1.14.04.1, slashd
ebtables, xenial, 2.0.10.4-3.4ubuntu2, slashd
ebtables, yakkety, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.16.10.1, slashd
ebtables, zesty, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.17.04.1, slashd
lxc, zesty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, stgraber
lxc, yakkety, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, stgraber
lxc, xenial, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber
lxd, zesty, 2.14-0ubuntu3~17.04.1, stgraber
lxd, yakkety, 2.14-0ubuntu3~16.10.1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.14-0ubuntu3~16.04.1, stgraber
multipath-tools, yakkety, 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu7.3, cyphermox
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.4, slashd
vlan, xenial, 1.9-3.2ubuntu1.16.04.3, slashd
vlan, yakkety, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.16.10.2, slashd
vlan, zesty, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.17.04.2, slashd
Total: 18
```

## Contact the Ubuntu Server team

- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list:
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server


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