--- title: Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 15 Aug 2017 description: '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 […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-15-aug-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [David Britton](https://canonical.com/blog/author/davidpbritton "More about David Britton") 15 August 2017 # Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 15 Aug 2017 [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 # 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](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server). ## Spotlight: cloud-init at DebConf17 Josh on the cloud-init team presented at DebConf17 last week. His talk included an introduction to how cloud-init works and then an overview of recent developments made by the team. Replay is available on the [DebConf17 website](https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/164/). ## cloud-init and curtin ### cloud-init * Update to [capabilities documentation](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/capabilities.html) to include CLI interface features. * Fix AWS NVMe ephemeral storage setup (LP: #1672833) * Fix EC2 datasource moved to init-local stage (LP: #1709772) * Fix v2 yaml preserving bond/bridge parameters when rendering (LP: #1709180) * Added meetingology bot to IRC channel for bi-weekly meeting ### curtin * Update vmtest to purge symlinks from output collection due to missing links * Update Jenkins artifact collection regex ## git ubuntu As a reminder, links to the first two posts in the ‘git ubuntu’ series are below. * [Developing Ubuntu using git](http://www.justgohome.co.uk/blog/2017/07/developing-ubuntu-using-git.html) * [git ubuntu clone](https://naccblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/git-ubuntu-clone/) Recently there was also a discussion on [ubuntu-devel](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2017-August/039938.html) as to what tags expected when using git ubuntu. ## Bug Work and Triage * 109 bugs reviewed, -3 accepted, 294 in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs) * [Notes on daily bug triage](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Bug_Triage) ## IRC Meeting * [IRC Log](https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-08-15-16.02.html) * [Agenda and notes](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting) ## 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). ### Uploads to the Development Release (Artful) ``` asterisk, 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2ubuntu4, costamagnagianfranco asterisk, 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2ubuntu3, costamagnagianfranco byobu, 5.121-0ubuntu1, kirkland dpdk, 17.05.1-2, None golang-context, 1.1-2ubuntu1, mwhudson golang-github-gorilla-mux, 1.1-3ubuntu1, mwhudson golang-github-mattn-go-colorable, 0.0.6-1ubuntu7, mwhudson golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3, 1.2.0+git20170802.105.6654e41~dfsg1-1ubuntu1, mwhudson golang-github-pborman-uuid, 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu9, mwhudson golang-gocapability-dev, 0.0~git20160928.0.e7cb7fa-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3, 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu9, mwhudson golang-gopkg-inconshreveable-log15.v2, 2.11+git20150921.0.b105bd3-0ubuntu12, mwhudson golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2, 0.0~git20161126.1.82a07a6-0ubuntu5, mwhudson golang-gopkg-tomb.v2, 0.0~git20161208.0.d5d1b58-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-petname, 2.7-0ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-x-text, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu1, mwhudson golang-yaml.v2, 0.0+git20170407.0.cd8b52f-1ubuntu1, mwhudson libvirt, 3.6.0-1ubuntu1, paelzer libvirt-python, 3.5.0-1build1, mwhudson lxc, 2.0.8-0ubuntu4, doko markupsafe, 1.0-1build1, mwhudson mod-wsgi, 4.5.17-1, None mongodb, 1:3.4.7-1, None nagios-nrpe, 3.2.0-4ubuntu1, nacc numactl, 2.0.11-2.1, None php-defaults, 54ubuntu1, nacc php7.1, 7.1.8-1ubuntu1, nacc pwgen, 2.08-1, None pylibmc, 1.5.2-1build1, mwhudson python-cffi, 1.9.1-2build2, doko python-django, 1:1.11.4-1ubuntu1, vorlon python-gevent, 1.1.2-build2, mwhudson python-sysv-ipc, 0.6.8-2build4, mwhudson python-tornado, 4.5.1-2.1~build2, mwhudson requests, 2.18.1-1, None urwid, 1.3.1-2ubuntu2, doko Total: 36 ``` ### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty) ``` cgroup-lite, trusty, 1.11~ubuntu14.04.3, serge-hallyn libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql, zesty, 2.0.3-6.1ubuntu0.17.04.1, racb libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql, xenial, 2.0.3-6.1ubuntu0.16.04.1, racb libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql, trusty, 2.0.3-6ubuntu0.1, racb libseccomp, trusty, 2.1.1-1ubuntu1~trusty4, mvo libvirt, trusty, 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.21, paelzer libvirt, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.13, paelzer libvirt, zesty, 2.5.0-3ubuntu5.4, paelzer logcheck, xenial, 1.3.17ubuntu0.1, nacc logcheck, trusty, 1.3.16ubuntu0.1, nacc lxc, trusty, 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, stgraber lxcfs, trusty, 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, stgraber lxd, trusty, 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, stgraber lxd, zesty, 2.16-0ubuntu2~ubuntu17.04.1, stgraber lxd, xenial, 2.16-0ubuntu2~ubuntu16.04.1, stgraber maas, xenial, 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, andreserl maas, zesty, 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, andreserl mongodb, xenial, 1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1.1, nacc php5, trusty, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22, mdeslaur php5, trusty, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22, mdeslaur php7.0, zesty, 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur php7.0, xenial, 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur php7.0, xenial, 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur php7.0, zesty, 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur pollinate, trusty, 4.25-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, smoser pollinate, xenial, 4.25-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser postfix, xenial, 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.1, nacc samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.5, costamagnagianfranco samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.5, costamagnagianfranco ubuntu-advantage-tools, trusty, 2, vorlon ubuntu-advantage-tools, xenial, 2, vorlon ubuntu-advantage-tools, zesty, 2, vorlon Total: 32 ``` ## 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) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. 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