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Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 07 Jul 2017

This article was last updated 6 years ago.


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: Daily Virtualization Package Builds

  • The daily package builds of many essential virtualization packages is up and running. This provides a method of quickly checking if the latest upstream package fixes bugs, lands newer features, early testing, and much more.
  • For complete details see the ubuntu-virt page
  • All repos are available on Launchpad and all are built using Launchpad recipes.

cloud-init

  • We’ll be presenting at DebConf17 this August in Montreal, Canada
  • Refactor of Azure datasource to handle duplicate macs
  • Fix COPR build failures related to LXC file pull failure

Bug Work and Triage

IRC Meeting

  • There was no IRC meeting this week due to the US Holiday.

Ubuntu Server Packages

  • LP: #1604010 sntp missing fixed for artful

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 (Artful)

asterisk, 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1, bhavi
billiard, 3.5.0.2-0ubuntu1, nacc
bind9, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu7, mdeslaur
byobu, 5.118-0ubuntu1, kirkland
celery, 4.0.2-0ubuntu1, nacc
cloud-init, 0.7.9-199-g4d9f24f5-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-init, 0.7.9-197-gebc9ecbc-0ubuntu1, smoser
cloud-initramfs-tools, 0.38ubuntu1, smoser
curtin, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1, smoser
docker.io, 1.12.6-0ubuntu7, stgraber
docker.io, 1.12.6-0ubuntu6, stgraber
docker.io, 1.12.6-0ubuntu5, stgraber
dpdk, 16.11.2-2, None
dpdk, 16.11.1-2, None
exim4, 4.89-3ubuntu1, mdeslaur
freeipmi, 1.4.11-1.1ubuntu4, dannf
freeradius, 3.0.12+dfsg-5ubuntu1, nacc
iproute2, 4.9.0-1ubuntu2, jbicha
keepalived, 1:1.3.2-1build1, vorlon
libcommons-cli-java, 1.4-1, None
libnl3, 3.2.29-0ubuntu3, mdeslaur
libvirt, 2.5.0-3ubuntu10, corey.bryant
libyaml, 0.1.7-2ubuntu2, costamagnagianfranco
libyaml, 0.1.7-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu4, stgraber
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu3, stgraber
lxcfs, 2.0.7-0ubuntu2, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu6, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu5, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu4, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu3, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu2, stgraber
lxd, 2.15-0ubuntu1, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu5, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu4, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu3, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu2, stgraber
lxd, 2.14-0ubuntu1, stgraber
maas, 2.2.0+bzr6054-0ubuntu2, andreserl
nagios-images, 0.9.1ubuntu1, nacc
nagios3, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu7, mdeslaur
nss, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu2, mdeslaur
openldap, 2.4.44+dfsg-7ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
openldap, 2.4.44+dfsg-6ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
openvpn, 2.4.3-4ubuntu1, jbicha
openvpn, 2.4.0-5ubuntu2, mdeslaur
parsedatetime, 2.3-1, None
php7.1, 7.1.6-2ubuntu1, nacc
python-bcrypt, 3.1.3-0ubuntu1, james-page
python-boto, 2.44.0-1ubuntu2, racb
python-django, 1:1.11.2-2ubuntu1, vorlon
python-django, 1:1.10.7-2ubuntu2, vorlon
python-django, 1:1.10.7-2ubuntu1, vorlon
python-tornado, 4.5.1-2ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
python-tornado, 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, mwhudson
rrdtool, 1.6.0-1ubuntu1, vorlon
ruby2.3, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu3, vorlon
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2, nacc
samba, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1, mdeslaur
screen, 4.6.0-1, None
screen, 4.5.1-4ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco
sssd, 1.15.2-1ubuntu2, nacc
tmux, 2.5-2, None
unbound, 1.6.4-1, None
unbound, 1.6.0-3ubuntu3, vorlon
urwid, 1.3.1-2ubuntu1, mwhudson
vlan, 1.9-3.2ubuntu4, cyphermox
walinuxagent, 2.2.14-0ubuntu1, sil2100
walinuxagent, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1, sil2100
websockify, 0.8.0+dfsg1-7ubuntu1, mwhudson
Total: 71

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
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
cloud-init, trusty, 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.22, 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
cloud-initramfs-tools, zesty, 0.35ubuntu2, smoser
curtin, xenial, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, 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
curtin, yakkety, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, smoser
curtin, zesty, 0.1.0~bzr505-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser
ebtables, trusty, 2.0.10.4-3ubuntu1.14.04.1, slashd
ebtables, xenial, 2.0.10.4-3.4ubuntu2, slashd
ebtables, yakkety, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.16.10.1, slashd
ebtables, zesty, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.17.04.1, slashd
ebtables, trusty, 2.0.10.4-3ubuntu1.14.04.1, slashd
ebtables, xenial, 2.0.10.4-3.4ubuntu2, slashd
ebtables, yakkety, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.16.10.1, slashd
ebtables, zesty, 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu1.17.04.1, slashd
exim4, zesty, 4.88-5ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
exim4, yakkety, 4.87-3ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
exim4, xenial, 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2, sbeattie
exim4, trusty, 4.82-3ubuntu2.3, sbeattie
exim4, xenial, 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.2, sbeattie
exim4, trusty, 4.82-3ubuntu2.3, sbeattie
exim4, yakkety, 4.87-3ubuntu1.2, sbeattie
exim4, zesty, 4.88-5ubuntu1.1, sbeattie
freeradius, zesty, 3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
freeradius, zesty, 3.0.12+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
iscsitarget, xenial, 1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4.2, apw
libnl3, zesty, 3.2.29-0ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, yakkety, 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.10.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, xenial, 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, trusty, 3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, xenial, 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, trusty, 3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, yakkety, 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.10.1, mdeslaur
libnl3, zesty, 3.2.29-0ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
lxc, zesty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, stgraber
lxc, yakkety, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, stgraber
lxc, xenial, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber
lxc, trusty, 1.0.10-0ubuntu1, stgraber
lxc, zesty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, stgraber
lxc, yakkety, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, stgraber
lxc, xenial, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber
lxcfs, zesty, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, serge-hallyn
lxcfs, yakkety, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.10.2, serge-hallyn
lxcfs, xenial, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, serge-hallyn
lxcfs, xenial, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, stgraber
lxcfs, zesty, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, stgraber
lxcfs, yakkety, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, stgraber
lxd, zesty, 2.15-0ubuntu6~ubuntu17.04.1, stgraber
lxd, yakkety, 2.15-0ubuntu6~ubuntu16.10.1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.15-0ubuntu6~ubuntu16.04.1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, stgraber
lxd, zesty, 2.14-0ubuntu3~17.04.1, stgraber
lxd, yakkety, 2.14-0ubuntu3~16.10.1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.14-0ubuntu3~16.04.1, stgraber
lxd, xenial, 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, stgraber
maas, zesty, 2.2.0+bzr6054-0ubuntu2~17.04.1, andreserl
maas, yakkety, 2.1.5+bzr5596-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, andreserl
maas, xenial, 2.1.5+bzr5596-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, andreserl
multipath-tools, zesty, 0.6.4-3ubuntu4, cyphermox
multipath-tools, trusty, 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.16, slashd
multipath-tools, trusty, 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.16, slashd
multipath-tools, yakkety, 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu7.3, cyphermox
nagios3, zesty, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu5.2, mdeslaur
nagios3, yakkety, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, xenial, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, trusty, 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, trusty, 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, yakkety, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, xenial, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
nagios3, zesty, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu5.2, mdeslaur
nagios3, xenial, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.2, paelzer
nginx, xenial, 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, teward
nss, zesty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, yakkety, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.2, mdeslaur
nss, xenial, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, trusty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, xenial, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, trusty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, mdeslaur
nss, yakkety, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.2, mdeslaur
nss, zesty, 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.2, mdeslaur
ntp, zesty, 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
ntp, yakkety, 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
ntp, xenial, 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5, mdeslaur
ntp, trusty, 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11, mdeslaur
ntp, xenial, 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5, mdeslaur
ntp, trusty, 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11, mdeslaur
ntp, yakkety, 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
ntp, zesty, 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
openldap, zesty, 2.4.44+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openldap, yakkety, 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur
openldap, xenial, 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openldap, trusty, 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4, mdeslaur
openldap, xenial, 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openldap, trusty, 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4, mdeslaur
openldap, yakkety, 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1, mdeslaur
openldap, zesty, 2.4.44+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, zesty, 2.4.0-4ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
openvpn, yakkety, 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, xenial, 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, trusty, 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openvpn, xenial, 2.3.10-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, trusty, 2.3.2-7ubuntu3.2, mdeslaur
openvpn, yakkety, 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1, mdeslaur
openvpn, zesty, 2.4.0-4ubuntu1.3, mdeslaur
postfix, yakkety, 3.1.0-5ubuntu1, vorlon
postfix, zesty, 3.1.4-4ubuntu1, vorlon
puppet, trusty, 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
puppet, trusty, 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2, mdeslaur
qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.3, paelzer
samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.3, mdeslaur
samba, yakkety, 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.7, mdeslaur
samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.8, mdeslaur
samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.9, mdeslaur
samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.3, mdeslaur
samba, yakkety, 2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.7, mdeslaur
samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.8, mdeslaur
samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.9, mdeslaur
sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.6, slashd
sssd, trusty, 1.11.8-0ubuntu0.7, slashd
sssd, trusty, 1.11.8-0ubuntu0.7, slashd
sssd, trusty, 1.11.8-0ubuntu0.6, tjaalton
strongswan, zesty, 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.1, mdeslaur
strongswan, yakkety, 5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3, mdeslaur
strongswan, xenial, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
strongswan, trusty, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6, mdeslaur
strongswan, trusty, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6, mdeslaur
strongswan, xenial, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3, mdeslaur
strongswan, yakkety, 5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3, mdeslaur
strongswan, zesty, 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.1, mdeslaur
tomcat8, yakkety, 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.2, racb
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.4, slashd
vlan, xenial, 1.9-3.2ubuntu1.16.04.3, slashd
vlan, yakkety, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.16.10.2, slashd
vlan, zesty, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.17.04.2, slashd
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.4, slashd
vlan, trusty, 1.9-3ubuntu10.3, slashd
vlan, xenial, 1.9-3.2ubuntu1.16.04.3, slashd
vlan, yakkety, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.16.10.2, slashd
vlan, zesty, 1.9-3.2ubuntu2.17.04.2, slashd
walinuxagent, yakkety, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, zesty, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, yakkety, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~16.10.1, sil2100
walinuxagent, zesty, 2.2.12-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, sil2100
Total: 179

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