Foundations Team Updates - 2025-10-23

Project Discussion Foundations
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Hello everybody,

It’s time for a weekly update from Foundations :sparkles:

Courtesy ping:

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

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Toolchains

  • Integrated cargo-vendor-filterer automation into the rustc-1.89 update
  • Pointed Resolute rust-defaults to 1.88
  • Worked on rustc-1.89 upload
  • Submitted fix for LP: #2100266
  • Created and tested a regression autopkgtest for LP: #2100266

Other

  • Worked on cargo-vendor-filterer team demo
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Resolute Raccoon archive opening

Error Tracker

misc

  • Hiring
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Rust Toolchain

  • Investigate rustc configuration changes needed to support RISC-V RVA23
  • Finish first draft of UCLR Spec
  • Managing shared rustc configuration design discussions

Manager

  • Ensure team is ready for Induction and Engineering Sprints
  • Leadership and planning meetings
  • 1:1 meetings

Documentation

  • GCC setup documentation updates reviewed and will be merged soon
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sudo-rs

  • Introduced Apport hooks (LP: #2129168)
  • Introduced new package “sudo-commons” and integrated it with sudo and sudo-rs (LP: #2113927)

ubuntu-release-upgrader

  • Added sudoers file check after upgrading and provided alternatives when it contains errors (LP: #2129203)
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.NET

Misc

  • Written interview grading
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Resolute

  • A fair bit of time fighting image builds:
  • Investigating which merges need doing

Questing

  • SRU of flash-kernel to fix piboot-try messages for those opting out of A/B boot landed (thanks to @fprietog for the report, and verification!)
  • Looking into state of linux-firmware-raspi SRU (LP: #2127041)

General

  • Pi meetings
  • Interviews
  • Ubuntu uploader meeting
  • Take home tests
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Documentation

Ubuntu for developers

Reviews:

Ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Project docs

Internal