Ubuntu Server development summary – 30 April 2019

Chad Smith

on 30 April 2019

This article is more than 5 years old.


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 or visit the Ubuntu Server discourse hub for more discussion.

Spotlight: Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) Released April 18th

Thanks to a great effort by the community Ubuntu 19.04, the Disco Dingo, was released! See the Disco release notes for details on features added to this release.

cloud-init

  • Azure: Changes to the Hyper-V KVP Reporter [Anh Vo]
  • git tests: no longer show warning about safe yaml.
  • tools/read-version: handle errors [Chad Miller]
  • net/sysconfig: only indicate available on known sysconfig distros [Ryan Harper] (LP: #1819994)
  • packages: update rpm specs for new bash completion path [Daniel Watkins] (LP: #1825444)
  • test_azure: mock util.SeLinuxGuard where needed [Jason Zions (MSFT)] (LP: #1825253)
  • setup.py: install bash completion script in new location [Daniel Watkins]
  • mount_cb: do not pass sync and rw options to mount [Gonéri Le Bouder] (LP: #1645824)
  • cc_apt_configure: fix typo in apt documentation [Dominic Schlegel]

curtin

  • vmtest: reenable UEFI 4k tests, which got dropped when fixing subclassing. [Ryan Harper]
  • vmtests: Add test_kernel_img_conf stub for PsuedoVMBaseClass [Ryan Harper]
  • curthooks: chzdev_import must encode data if provided [Ryan Harper] (LP: #1825007)

Contact the Ubuntu Server team

Bug Work and 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. 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: 4

Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 43

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 34

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