Foundations Team Updates - 2025-10-30

[rkratky]

Hello everybody,

It’s time for a weekly update from Foundations

Courtesy ping:

• Foundations: @mclemenceau
  • @mwhudson, @rkratky
• Release: @utkarsh, @andersson123, @skia
• System: @juliank, @bamf0
• Toolchains: @samirkam
  • Rust: @richard-scott-mcnew, @maxgmr, @petrakat, @karljs
  • Java: @vpa19771, @pushkarnk
  • .NET: @dviererbe, @mateus-morais
  • Golang: @levihackerman-102
• Architectures: @ravi-sharma
  • @xypron, @waveform, @r41k0u, @tobhe, @mkukri, @vhaudiquet
• Platform security: @chrisccoulson, @sespiros

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

[rkratky]

Documentation

Ubuntu Project docs

• Discourse: Ubuntu Project docs: That’s a wrap!

• HP updates by rkratky · Pull Request #263 · ubuntu/ubuntu-project-docs · GitHub

Review:

• Add Ubuntu Desktop workflows
• version-strings: fix ubuntu native sru update version by reference by TheJJ · Pull Request #256 · ubuntu/ubuntu-project-docs · GitHub

[vpa19771]

openjdk:

• resolved race conditions that caused intermediate build failures and prepared a new upstream release of jtreg8 and updated jtreg7
• drafted openjdk debugging blog
• fixed ftbfs in openjdk-26

distro:

• sponsored dovecot and landscape-client

misc:

• preparing for the sprint

[mateus-morais]

.NET

• Investigated running .NET GUI applications using Avalonia on Ubuntu Core with Ubuntu Frame.

Misc

• Written interview grading
• Sprint travel prep

[skia]

Resolute archive opening

• Did the magic for the ISO tracker: Product manifest for 'Resolute' series | Ubuntu QA
• Did the magic for the rls reports:
  • rls-rr-incoming Bug Tasks
  • rls-rr-notfixing Bug Tasks
  • rls-rr-tracking Bug Tasks

Error Tracker

• Daisy on Python 3: Port daisy to Python 3 by Hyask · Pull Request #1 · ubuntu/error-tracker · GitHub
  • Fixed the logging
  • Figured how to run that in production using gunicorn
  • Wrote some end-to-end testing to keep proving that the system is not all broken
  • CI is all green (except that fierfek of CLA check )

misc

• Hiring

[richard-scott-mcnew]

Rust Toolchain

• Collaborating with Talent Development for “Learning Rust Programming” learning track content ideas.
• Met with @kcza to discuss Rust Best Practices guide and corresponding linter.

Admin

• Induction Sprint