Ubuntu Server Development Summary - 30 Jun 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.

## cloud-init and curtin
### cloud-init
- Completed two SRU submissions this week:
  - Initial support for SR-IOV public preview instances on Azure
  - Fix apt-get race conditions at startup on AWS
- Fix NTP integration tests on Artful

### curtin
- Completed SRU submission (LP: #1697545)

## DPDK
- New Debian upload
- Guiding new contributors around backports and uploads into Debian &
  Ubuntu
- Enhancements to uvtool for better arm64 testing
- Prepping CI testing on 17.05.x branch

## Ubuntu Server Test
The Ubuntu Server team's Jenkins instance
(https://jenkins.ubuntu.com/server/) is managed using Jenkins Job
Builder. All these scripts and other test tools are now located under
the Canonical Server Team's (https://github.com/canonical-server) GitHub
page.

## Bug Work and Triage
- 161 bugs reviewed, -35 backlog change, 304 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:
  https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-06-27-16.00.html
- Agenda and notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

## Ubuntu Server Packages
- First review of pcp main inclusion request (MIR)
- Fix strongswan import due to top-level pristine-tar/dsc branches
- Updated to server guide
  - Section on virtual functions and USB passthrough
  - Accessing qemu monitor via libvirt

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 (https://merges.ubuntu.com/main.html). For a full
list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server
report (http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/merges.html).

### Uploads to the Development Release (Artful)
```
cloud-init, 0.7.9-199-g4d9f24f5-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-197-gebc9ecbc-0ubuntu1, smoser
exim4, 4.89-3ubuntu1, mdeslaur
freeipmi, 1.4.11-1.1ubuntu4, dannf
libcommons-cli-java, 1.4-1, None
libvirt, 2.5.0-3ubuntu10, corey.bryant
libyaml, 0.1.7-2ubuntu2, costamagnagianfranco
libyaml, 0.1.7-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu3, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu2, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu1, stgraber
openldap, 2.4.44+dfsg-7ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
openldap, 2.4.44+dfsg-6ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
python-django, 1:1.11.2-2ubuntu1, vorlon
python-tornado, 4.5.1-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu3, vorlon
screen, 4.6.0-1, None
Total: 17
```

### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty)
```
apache2, zesty, 2.4.25-3ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
apache2, yakkety, 2.4.18-2ubuntu4.2, mdeslaur
apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
apache2, trusty, 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.16, mdeslaur
apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
apache2, trusty, 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.16, mdeslaur
apache2, yakkety, 2.4.18-2ubuntu4.2, mdeslaur
apache2, zesty, 2.4.25-3ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
autofs, xenial, 5.1.1-1ubuntu3.1, slashd
autofs, yakkety, 5.1.1-1ubuntu4, slashd
bind9, zesty, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu5.1, mdeslaur
bind9, yakkety, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.7, mdeslaur
bind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.7, mdeslaur
bind9, trusty, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15, mdeslaur
bind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.7, mdeslaur
bind9, trusty, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15, mdeslaur
bind9, yakkety, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.7, mdeslaur
bind9, zesty, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu5.1, mdeslaur
cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, smoser
cloud-init, trusty, 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.22, smoser
cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, smoser
cloud-init, yakkety, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, smoser
cloud-init, zesty, 0.7.9-153-g16a7302f-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, smoser
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
curtin, zesty, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
curtin, yakkety, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, smoser
curtin, xenial, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
nginx, xenial, 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, teward
Total: 30
```

## Contact the Ubuntu Server team
- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server


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