--- title: Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary – June 27, 2017 description: 'Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team.  There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode.   Highlights Python 3.6 transition update […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-foundations-development-summary-june-27-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 27 June 2017 # Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary – June 27, 2017 [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [CPC](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cpc) [Foundations](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/foundations) --- Share the article ## Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team.  There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. ## Highlights * Python 3.6 transition update – * Netplan by default in Artful – * Work is underway to resolve an issue, , where the duplicate signature for apport-package reports is too short and missing important information. This has been fixed in Artful, and SRUs are in progress for affected stable releases. Additionally, a bug bot is fixing duplicate signatures of all new bug reports with a short duplicate signature. * The shim-signed package has been updated to improve the experience for users of dkms modules on upgrade: There is also work in progress to make self-signing custom kernels and DKMS modules easily. * Release images published for cloud-images across all supported releases to address CVE-2017-1000364 “Stack Clash” ## The State of the Archive * Python3-defaults has migrated to artful with support for python 3.6; see above for more information about the status of this transition * With the Debian unstable floodgates open now following the Debian stretch release, a ghc transition is in progress; with luck this will complete over the weekend * KDEPIM 16.12 packages are unblocked in artful-proposed, expected to land in artful soon ## Upcoming Ubuntu Dates 16.10 EoL in July 2017 16.04.3 point release is scheduled for August 3, 2017 ## Weekly Meeting * IRC Log: [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/run-agentic-workloads-on-arm-and-ubuntu) In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 26 May 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) PWC claimed the ‘fundamental challenge’ behind slowing growth is that telecom’s ‘core products and services’ are ‘becoming commodities.’ The way forward lies in modernizing and... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026 [### Deploy your Spring Boot application to production](https://canonical.com/blog/deploy-spring-application-to-production) In this article we walk through the steps required to deploy a Spring Boot application to production using Juju and Kubernetes. The goal is to showcase the integration of the... [Javier de la Puente](https://canonical.com/blog/author/javierdelapuente) 13 January 2026 [### Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon... [Sharon Koech](https://canonical.com/blog/author/skoech) 2 September 2025