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David Britton
on 7 November 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 07 Nov 2017


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.

Spotlight: Discontinue Classic i386 ISO

After no objection on the mailing list, the Ubuntu Server team will turn off the generation of the i386 classic ISOs beginning with the Bionic release.

cloud-init

  • Fix Ec2 network configuration for instances with only private ipv4 addresses (LP: #1728152)

Bug Work and Triage

IRC Meeting

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. For a full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server report.

Uploads to the Development Release (Bionic)

cloud-init, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1, smoser
libapache2-mod-perl2, 2.0.10-2ubuntu3, vorlon
libnss-ldap, 265-5ubuntu1, doko
lxc, 2.1.1-0ubuntu1, stgraber
lxcfs, 2.0.8-1ubuntu1, stgraber
lxd, 2.19-0ubuntu1, stgraber
nut, 2.7.4-5.1ubuntu1, paelzer
pacemaker, 1.1.18~rc3-1ubuntu1, nacc
parallax, 1.0.2-1, None
php7.1, 7.1.11-0ubuntu1, nacc
qemu, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu4, juliank
quagga, 1.1.1-3ubuntu1, mdeslaur
simplestreams, 0.1.0~bzr454-0ubuntu1, smoser
spice, 0.14.0-1ubuntu1, jbicha
strongswan, 5.5.1-4ubuntu3, paelzer
ubuntu-advantage-tools, 13, paelzer
websockify, 0.8.0+dfsg1-9, None
Total: 17

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

cloud-init, zesty, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
cloud-init, artful, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, smoser
cloud-init, artful, 17.1-25-g17a15f9e-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, smoser
curtin, xenial, 0.1.0~bzr532-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser
curtin, zesty, 0.1.0~bzr532-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
dnsmasq, xenial, 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.4, paelzer
dnsmasq, zesty, 2.76-5ubuntu0.2, paelzer
docker.io, xenial, 1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, mwhudson
golang-1.6, xenial, 1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4, mwhudson
iproute2, xenial, 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.2, nacc
juju-core, xenial, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mwhudson
juju-core, zesty, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mwhudson
libmemcached, artful, 1.0.18-4.1ubuntu1, paelzer
libvirt, artful, 3.6.0-1ubuntu6, paelzer
lxcfs, xenial, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, stgraber
lxcfs, zesty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, stgraber
lxcfs, artful, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, stgraber
postfix, xenial, 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.2, paelzer
postfix, trusty, 2.11.0-1ubuntu1.2, nacc
qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.7, paelzer
quagga, artful, 1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
quagga, zesty, 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
quagga, xenial, 0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
quagga, trusty, 0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.4, mdeslaur
tgt, artful, 1:1.0.71-1ubuntu2, paelzer
ubuntu-advantage-tools, trusty, 10ubuntu0.14.04.2, slashd
ubuntu-advantage-tools, trusty, 10ubuntu0.14.04.1, sil2100
ubuntu-advantage-tools, xenial, 10ubuntu0.16.04.1, sil2100
ubuntu-advantage-tools, zesty, 10ubuntu0.17.04.1, sil2100
ubuntu-advantage-tools, artful, 10ubuntu0.17.10.1, paelzer
websockify, xenial, 0.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, corey.bryant
Total: 31

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