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David Britton
on 6 February 2018

Ubuntu Server development summary – 06 February 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.

cloud-init

  • Fix SSH key validation in ssh_util (Tatiana Kholkina)
  • Queued SRU for Ubuntu Xenial and Artful

curtin

  • SRU to Ubuntu Xenial and Artful
  • Enable reading zfsroot filesystem type in curtin
  • Restrict modprobe of zfs modules to Xenial and later series
  • Avoid tracebacks by creating configured error_tarfile directory path if it doesn’t already exist LP: #336876
  • Improve review-mps tooling to support reviewing and landing branches from both curtin and cloud-init
  • Fix vmtest when invalid source version used

Bug Work and Triage

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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.

Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases

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

Total: 7

Uploads released to the Supported Releases

Total: 17

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 73

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