--- title: Ubuntu Server development summary – 04 September 2018 description: '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: […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-04-september-2018?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Chad Smith](https://canonical.com/blog/author/chad-smith "More about Chad Smith") 4 September 2018 # Ubuntu Server development summary – 04 September 2018 [Server](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/server) [Ubuntu Server](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-server) [weekly](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/weekly) --- Share the article 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](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server). ## Spotlight: Cosmic Cuttlefish (18.10) Feature Freeze Reminder We are nearing release for Cosmic (18.10) on October 18th. In preparation for the release, we recently entered [Feature Freeze on August 23rd](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2018-August/001248.html). Now is the time that we focus on bug fixes for our packages because most of the significant features targetting Cosmic are ‘frozen’. Thank you for helping us build a better Ubuntu! We look forward to another great release. Please read the [Cosmic release schedule](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseSchedule) for more details about release-related dates. ## cloud-init * Add unit tests for config/cc\_ssh.py [Francis Ginther] * Fix the built-in cloudinit/tests/helpers:skipIf * read-version: enhance error message [Joshua Powers] * hyperv\_reporting\_handler: simplify threaded publisher * VMWare: Fix a network config bug in vm with static IPv4 and no gateway. [Pengpeng Sun] ([LP: #1766538](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766538)) ## Contact the Ubuntu Server team * Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode * Email the [ubuntu-server mailing list](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server) * Find us on the [Ubuntu Community Hub – server channel](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server) ## Bug Work and Triage * 268 in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs) * No change in backlog since last report * [Notes on daily bug triage](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](https://merges.ubuntu.com/main.html). For a full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server [report](http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/merges.html). ### Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases Please consider testing the following by [enabling proposed](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed), checking packages for update regressions, and making sure to mark affected bugs [verified as fixed](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Verification). Total: 2 * [`maas, bionic, 2.4.2-7034-g2f5deb8b8-0ubuntu1, andreserl`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.4.2-7034-g2f5deb8b8-0ubuntu1) * [`unbound, bionic, 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.2, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.6.7-1ubuntu2.2) ### Uploads Released to the Supported Releases Total: 5 * [`apache2, bionic, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.3, ahasenack`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/2.4.29-1ubuntu4.3) * [`chrony, bionic, 3.2-4ubuntu4.2, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chrony/3.2-4ubuntu4.2) * [`libvirt, bionic, 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.4, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/4.0.0-1ubuntu8.4) * [`samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.17, ahasenack`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.17) * [`samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.16, ahasenack`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.16) ### Uploads to the Development Release Total: 8 * [`cloud-init, 18.3-35-g3f6d0972-0ubuntu1, chad.smith`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.3-35-g3f6d0972-0ubuntu1) * [`libapache2-reload-perl, 0.13-2, pkg-perl-maintainers-lists-alioth`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libapache2-reload-perl/0.13-2) * [`nbd, 1:3.18-1, wouter-debian`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/1:3.18-1) * [`openvpn, 2.4.6-1ubuntu2, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/2.4.6-1ubuntu2) * [`python-cffi, 1.11.5-2, None`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cffi/1.11.5-2) * [`qemu, 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu5, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu5) * [`spice-protocol, 0.12.14-1, guoliang-6`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spice-protocol/0.12.14-1) * [`websocket-client, 0.48.0-1, None`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/websocket-client/0.48.0-1) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. 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