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cloud-init

• MAAS datasource will avoid re-crawling MAAS metadata across reboots with oauth credentials haven’t changed.
• Do not log warning on config files that represent None (LP: 1742479)
• integration tests: pull in pylxd via git hash due to infrequent formal releases

curtin

• SRU version 17.1
• vmtests: switch to MAAS v3 streams for images and kernels
• vmtests: initialize logger with class names for easy parsing
• Standardize all license headers and file footers

Bug Work and Triage

• 295 in the backlog, 59 bugs reviewed
• Notes on daily bug triage

Contact the Ubuntu Server team

• Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
• Email the ubuntu-server mailing list

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

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Total: 8

• clamav, xenial, 0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, paelzer
• curtin, xenial, 17.1-11-ga4c9636b-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharper
• curtin, artful, 17.1-11-ga4c9636b-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, raharper
• curtin, xenial, 17.1-6-g8b145067-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, raharper
• curtin, artful, 17.1-6-g8b145067-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, raharper
• google-apputils-python, artful, 0.4.1-1ubuntu2.17.10.1, azzar1
• google-apputils-python, xenial, 0.4.1-1ubuntu2.16.04.1, azzar1
• postfix, xenial, 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.3, paelzer

Uploads released to the Supported Releases

Total: 17

• awstats, xenial, 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3, ahasenack
• awstats, artful, 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.2, ahasenack
• bind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.10, mdeslaur
• bind9, artful, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu1.1, mdeslaur
• bind9, trusty, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.17, mdeslaur
• cloud-initramfs-tools, xenial, 0.27ubuntu1.5, smoser
• cloud-initramfs-tools, artful, 0.39ubuntu1.1, smoser
• maas, trusty, 1.9.5+bzr4599-0ubuntu1~14.04.3, andreserl
• mysql-5.5, trusty, 5.5.59-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, mdeslaur
• mysql-5.7, artful, 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaur
• mysql-5.7, xenial, 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur
• openssh, artful, 1:7.5p1-10ubuntu0.1, mdeslaur
• openssh, xenial, 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4, mdeslaur
• openssh, trusty, 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.10, mdeslaur
• rsync, artful, 3.1.2-2ubuntu0.2, leosilvab
• rsync, xenial, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2, leosilvab
• rsync, trusty, 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.4, leosilvab

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 4

• at, 3.1.20-3.1ubuntu1, nacc
• curtin, 17.1-11-ga4c9636b-0ubuntu1, smoser
• curtin, 17.1-6-g8b145067-0ubuntu1, raharper
• sosreport, 3.5-1ubuntu2, slashd