I've been thinking about doing a regular throrough review of all packages that we [server team] look after, to ensure that no essential package unnecessarily ships a version that is significantly older than the last relevant freeze date.
So I got on with it. To start with, I looked at all packages that ~ubuntu-server is subscribed to, using [1]. We don't currently have a priority list for these, so I just looked for packages that looked important to me, or otherwise whose versions are user-facing (eg. apache2, php5). I figured this would do for a start. Things I found: * genshi: python3-genshi was broken in Trusty due to it being actively worked on by Barry. This is now fixed. * golang: we should have tar xattr support from Debian 2:1.2.1-2, which appears to block docker.io. James has just merged this. * docker.io: this wasn't in the list; James mentioned this one. ~ubuntu-server is now subscribed for next time. I notice that James has just filed an FFe [2]. * leveldb: 1.15.0-2 enabled proper testing at build time for all [Ubuntu] architectures. Now synced. That's it. I think we're in good shape for Trusty. Since we're in feature freeze, I skipped anything that looked too invasive. I also don't currently have debian/watch status for any -0ubuntu* packages in this report, and I did skip reviewing packages where I don't think it's as important to have the latest version anyway. These are things I hope to fix next time. So for next time, I'd like to: 1) Arrange the list in some kind of priority order. 2) See debian/watch status for -0ubuntu* packages. 3) Support some kind of suppression for newer versions already reviewed. Robie [1] http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/merges.html [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/+bug/1295093
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