Ubuntu Server development summary - 17 April 2018

Tue Apr 17 18:43:24 UTC 2018

For those that prefer to read online:
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/04/17/ubuntu-server-development-summary-17-april-2018

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

## Spotlight: Ubuntu Bionic: Using chrony to configure NTP

In Bionic, chrony is now used to configure NTP. Check out Josh's [blog
post][1] as an introduction to getting started with chrony and some
additional features of it.

[1]: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/04/09/ubuntu-bionic-using-chrony-to-configure-ntp

## Call for testing: mongodb 3.6

As announced on the server mailing list, Robie has asked for [testing of
mongodb][2] as version 3.6 was uploaded to Bionic. If you are a heavy
user of mongodb please give mongodb a shot and file any issues you come
across.

[2]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2018-April/007697.html

## cloud-init

- Instance needing ntp services can now configure chrony, ntp timesyncd
  or a custom ntp service. Chrony is the default ntp client in Bionic
  (LP: #1749722 [3])
- Add ubuntu-bug (apport) integration for Brightbox, IBMCloud,
  OpenTelecom and LXD clouds
- Improved development tooling: cloud-image-snapshot
  lxc-proposed-snapshot
- Fix jinja rendering of non-ascii characters presented in cloud-init
  config templates
- growpart: fix bug that stopped GPT disks from being grown past 2TB
  (LP: #1762748 [4])

[3]: http://pad.lv/1749722
[4]: http://pad.lv/1762748

## curtin

- Ubuntu SRU of 18.1 to Xenial and Artful is complete

## git-ubuntu

- 4850 out of 5000 imports of main done
- continue to make progress and find larger packages to blacklist

## 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

## Bug Work and Triage

- 279 in the backlog [6]
- 140 bugs reviewed since the last report
- Notes on daily bug triage [7]

[6]: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs
[7]: 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 [8]. For a full
list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server
report [9].

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

### Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 10

- curtin, artful, 18.1-1-g45564eef-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, raharper [10]
- curtin, xenial, 18.1-1-g45564eef-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharper [11]
- libvirt, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.21, paelzer [12]
- libvirt, artful, 3.6.0-1ubuntu6.5, paelzer [13]
- pacemaker, trusty, 1.1.10+git20130802-1ubuntu2.5, xtrusia [14]
- qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.25, paelzer [15]
- ruby1.9.1, trusty, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.11, leosilvab [16]
- ruby1.9.1, trusty, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.10, leosilvab [17]
- ruby2.3, artful, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1.5, leosilvab [18]
- ruby2.3, xenial, 2.3.1-2~16.04.9, leosilvab [19]

[10]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curtin/18.1-1-g45564eef-0ubuntu1~17.10.1
[11]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curtin/18.1-1-g45564eef-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
[12]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.3.1-1ubuntu10.21
[13]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/3.6.0-1ubuntu6.5
[14]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pacemaker/1.1.10+git20130802-1ubuntu2.5
[15]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.25
[16]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.11
[17]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.10
[18]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.3/2.3.3-1ubuntu1.5
[19]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.3/2.3.1-2~16.04.9

### Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 14

- autofs, 5.1.2-1ubuntu3, ahasenack [20]
- awscli, 1.14.44-1ubuntu1, racb [21]
- bind9, 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1, tjaalton [22]
- cloud-init, 18.2-9-g49b562c9-0ubuntu1, chad.smith [23]
- cloud-init, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu2, smoser [24]
- cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu5, smoser [25]
- cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu4, smoser [26]
- maas, 2.4.0~beta2-6865-gec43e47e6-0ubuntu1, andreserl [27]
- nghttp2, 1.30.0-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur [28]
- nginx, 1.13.12-0ubuntu1, teward [29]
- nmap, 7.60-1ubuntu5, jbicha [30]
- simplestreams, 0.1.0~bzr460-0ubuntu1, smoser [31]
- sosreport, 3.5-1ubuntu3, doko [32]
- xen, 4.9.2-0ubuntu1, smb [33]

[20]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs/5.1.2-1ubuntu3
[21]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awscli/1.14.44-1ubuntu1
[22]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
[23]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-9-g49b562c9-0ubuntu1
[24]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu2
[25]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu5
[26]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu4
[27]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.4.0~beta2-6865-gec43e47e6-0ubuntu1
[28]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nghttp2/1.30.0-1ubuntu1
[29]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.13.12-0ubuntu1
[30]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nmap/7.60-1ubuntu5
[31]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simplestreams/0.1.0~bzr460-0ubuntu1
[32]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/3.5-1ubuntu3
[33]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen/4.9.2-0ubuntu1

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