Ubuntu Server development summary - 08 May 2018

Josh Powers josh.powers at canonical.com
Tue May 8 17:12:16 UTC 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

## cloud-init

- Completed release of 18.2 to Ubuntu Bionic, Artful, and Xenial
- Implement bash completion script for cloud-init command line
- Improved Softlayer datasource documentation
- net: Depend on iproute2's ip instead of net-tools ifconfig or route
- Accept-ra unset by default (LP: #1732002 [1])
- Command `collect-logs` will only include most recent boot's journal
(LP: #1766335 [2])
- FreeBSD: Invoke growfs on ufs filesystems such that it does not
prompt. (LP: #1404745 [3])
- Azure: poll_imds fixes to only report 'ready' state once during pre-
provisioning from Joshua Chan (LP: #1765214 [4])
- DataSourceSmartOS: fix hang when metadata service is down from Mike
Gerdts (LP: #1667735 [5])
- DataSourceSmartOS: change default fs on ephemeral disk from ext3 to
ext4 from Mike Gerdts (LP: #1763511 [6])
- pycodestyle: Fix invalid escape sequences in string literals

[1]: http://pad.lv/1732002
[2]: http://pad.lv/1766335
[3]: http://pad.lv/1404745
[4]: http://pad.lv/1765214
[5]: http://pad.lv/1667735
[6]: http://pad.lv/1763511

## curtin

- Upload 18.1 to Ubuntu Bionic
- add checks and relax byid requirement for zfsroot
- vmtest: bionic images no longer use the vlan package
- vmtest: fix lvmiscsi dname checks
- Installing over lvm install as done by d-i fails (LP: #1764602 [7])
- clear-holders: fix lvm name use when shutting down (LP: #1764602 [8])
- install: prevent unmount: disabled from swallowing installation
failures (LP: #1764210 [9])
- pycodestyle: Fix invalid escape sequences in string literals

[7]: http://pad.lv/1764602
[8]: http://pad.lv/1764602
[9]: http://pad.lv/1764210

## git-ubuntu

- Completed first 100% phasing of main imports.
- Looking at a handful of failures (LP: #1754898 [10])

[10]: http://pad.lv/1754898

## Contact the Ubuntu Server team

- Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
- Email the ubuntu-server mailing list [11]

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

## Bug Work and Triage

- 275 in the backlog [12]
- 374 bugs reviewed since the last report
- Notes on daily bug triage [13]

[12]: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs
[13]: 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 [14]. For a
full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu
Server report [15].

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

### Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases

Please consider testing the following by enabling proposed [16],
checking packages for update regressions, and making sure to mark
affected bugs verified as fixed [17].

[16]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
[17]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Verification

Total: 6

- cloud-init, artful, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~17.10.2, chad.smith [18]
- cloud-init, xenial, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, chad.smith [19]
- haproxy, bionic, 1.8.7-1, haproxy-j [20]
- simplestreams, xenial, 0.1.0~bzr426-0ubuntu1.3, smoser [21]
- tomcat8, bionic, 8.5.30-1, pkg-java-maintainers [22]
- vlan, bionic, 1.9-3.2ubuntu6, ddstreet [23]

[18]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~17.10.2
[19]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
[20]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.8.7-1
[21]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simplestreams/0.1.0~bzr426-0ubuntu1.3
[22]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat8/8.5.30-1
[23]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlan/1.9-3.2ubuntu6

### Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 20

- apache2, bionic, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur [24]
- apache2, artful, 2.4.27-2ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur [25]
- apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.8, mdeslaur [26]
- apache2, trusty, 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.20, mdeslaur [27]
- apache2, trusty, 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.19, inaddy [28]
- apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.7, inaddy [29]
- apache2, artful, 2.4.27-2ubuntu4, inaddy [30]
- cloud-init, artful, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, chad.smith [31]
- cloud-init, xenial, 18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, chad.smith [32]
- cloud-utils, artful, 0.30-0ubuntu2.1, smoser [33]
- cloud-utils, xenial, 0.27-0ubuntu25.1, smoser [34]
- juju-core, xenial, 2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, veebers [35]
- libvirt, artful, 3.6.0-1ubuntu6.6, paelzer [36]
- libvirt, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.22, paelzer [37]
- mysql-5.5, trusty, 5.5.60-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, mdeslaur [38]
- mysql-5.7, bionic, 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1, mdeslaur [39]
- mysql-5.7, artful, 5.7.22-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaur [40]
- mysql-5.7, xenial, 5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur [41]
- qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.26, paelzer [42]
- strongswan, trusty, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.8, lathiat [43]

[24]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1
[25]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.27-2ubuntu4.1
[26]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.18-2ubuntu3.8
[27]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.7-1ubuntu4.20
[28]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.7-1ubuntu4.19
[29]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.18-2ubuntu3.7
[30]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.27-2ubuntu4
[31]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~17.10.1
[32]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-4-g05926e48-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
[33]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu2.1
[34]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.27-0ubuntu25.1
[35]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
[36]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/3.6.0-1ubuntu6.6
[37]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.3.1-1ubuntu10.22
[38]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.60-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
[39]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1
[40]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.22-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
[41]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
[42]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.26
[43]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.1.2-0ubuntu2.8

### Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 23

- apache2, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur [44]
- clamav, 0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu2, doko [45]
- cloud-init, 18.2-27-g6ef92c98-0ubuntu1~18.04.1, smoser [46]
- freeradius, 3.0.16+dfsg-3ubuntu1, vorlon [47]
- gdisk, 1.0.3-1build1, doko [48]
- gfs2-utils, 3.1.9-2ubuntu2, doko [49]
- htop, 2.1.0-3build1, doko [50]
- iptraf-ng, 1:1.1.4-6build1, doko [51]
- irqbalance, 1.3.0-0.1build1, doko [52]
- libstatgrab, 0.91-1build2, doko [53]
- minicom, 2.7.1-1build1, doko [54]
- mysql-5.7, 5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1, mdeslaur [55]
- openipmi, 2.0.22-1.1ubuntu3, doko [56]
- openldap, 2.4.46+dfsg-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco [57]
- pacemaker, 1.1.18-0ubuntu2, doko [58]
- psmisc, 23.1-1build1, doko [59]
- python-pyelftools, 0.24-4.1, tomasz-s [60]
- qemu, 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu8, doko [61]
- screen, 4.6.2-1build1, doko [62]
- tmux, 2.6-3build1, doko [63]
- tomcat8, 8.5.30-1ubuntu2, tjaalton [64]
- w3m, 0.5.3-36build2, doko [65]
- xen, 4.9.2-0ubuntu2, doko [66]

[44]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1
[45]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu2
[46]:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.2-27-g6ef92c98-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
[47]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeradius/3.0.16+dfsg-3ubuntu1
[48]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdisk/1.0.3-1build1
[49]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gfs2-utils/3.1.9-2ubuntu2
[50]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/htop/2.1.0-3build1
[51]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iptraf-ng/1:1.1.4-6build1
[52]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irqbalance/1.3.0-0.1build1
[53]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libstatgrab/0.91-1build2
[54]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/minicom/2.7.1-1build1
[55]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.22-0ubuntu18.04.1
[56]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openipmi/2.0.22-1.1ubuntu3
[57]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/2.4.46+dfsg-2ubuntu1
[58]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pacemaker/1.1.18-0ubuntu2
[59]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/psmisc/23.1-1build1
[60]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pyelftools/0.24-4.1
[61]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu8
[62]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/4.6.2-1build1
[63]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tmux/2.6-3build1
[64]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat8/8.5.30-1ubuntu2
[65]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/w3m/0.5.3-36build2
[66]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen/4.9.2-0ubuntu2
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