Foundations Team Updates - 2026-04-09

[rkratky]

Hello everybody,

It’s time for a weekly update from Foundations

Courtesy ping:

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

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

[bamf0]

Resolute

• Fixed fwupd bug on Resolute and filed SRU for Noble and Questing (LP: #2147129)
• Packaged rust-coreutils 0.8.0 (LP: #2147425)

APT

• Pondered more on a feature

[ravi-sharma]

• Reviewed Merge into ubuntu/devel : sudo-tests : lp:~varranvar/ubuntu/+source/rust-sudo-rs : Git : Code : rust-sudo-rs package : Ubuntu
• Various proposed migrations for Resolute
• Investigated an error in OpenSSL Fips
• Updated 26.04 Crypto libraries release notes Cryptography Libraries for 26.04 · Issue #67 · ubuntu/ubuntu-release-notes · GitHub

[mateus-morais]

.NET

• Packaged and prepared .NET April servicing updates expected to be released on April 14th.
• Marked .NET extensions on Snapcraft as stable. This change will become generally available in the upcoming Snapcraft 9.0 release: feat: make .NET extensions stable by mateusrodrigues · Pull Request #6156 · canonical/snapcraft · GitHub
• Fixed minor .NET extension error message mistake: fix: .NET runtime slot name in error message by mateusrodrigues · Pull Request #6155 · canonical/snapcraft · GitHub
• Updated stale docs PR to craft-parts with better examples on how to use the .NET Plugin (v2): docs: clarify .NET plugin self-provisioned SDK compatibility by mateusrodrigues · Pull Request #1417 · canonical/craft-parts · GitHub

[maxgmr]

Toolchains

• More CVE-2026-33056 fix uploads
• Fixes for LP: #2100266 for Rust toolchain versions on 26.04

Miscellaneous

• Finished up modernized reverse-depends PoC
• Written interview grading
• Compliance training

[rkratky]

Documentation

Ubuntu for developers

• Add meta desc.'s to all pages
• Upgrade Sphinx Docs Starter Pack from v1.2.0 to v1.6

Ubuntu project docs

• review: Migrate apport page from wiki
• Upgrade Sphinx starter pack 1.3.1 → 1.6
• Fix content and lint errors found after SP 1.6 upgrade
• docs: improve moin2myst.py with additional MoinMoin conversion fixes

Ubuntu hardware support docs

• Upgrade Sphinx Docs Starter Pack from v1.3.0 to v1.6

Ubuntu release notes

• 33x Pull requests: old Ubuntu release notes
• Upgrade Sphinx Docs Starter Pack from v1.4.1 to v1.6
• ci: fix failing CI checks (linkcheck, woke, spelling, vale, lint-md)

sphinx-ubuntu-images

• Add :suffixes: option and related improvements from ubuntu-hw-support

Documentation style guide

• fix: reduce false positives in rules 003, 004, and 400

AI resources for docs

• Upgrade Sphinx Docs Starter Pack from v1.3.1 to v1.6
• Add prompt for docs homepage
• Add prompt for upgrading the Starter Pack

[pushkarnk]

Java

• Debian MR proposing removal of jvmci binaries from openjdk-26+
• Testing Spring Petclinic with OpenJDK 25 AoT cache, CRaC, GraalVM and OpenJDK 27-dev Leyden cache.
• Manual TCK GUI testing on RPi5 (noble/arm64)
• Code reviews on devpack-for-spring-cli

Ghostty/Zig

• Ghosttyy changes related to the AA review. Thanks to paride and vpa1977.
• Re-worked dh-zig prototype to include build.zig.zon patching in the configure step.

[skia]

Distro work

• FFe reviews and queue approval.
• Patch pilot shift

Release Process

• More progress on the ubuntu-kpi environment (PR refactoring the charm is merged).
• Investifixed a livecd-rootfs bug preventing image publication on cdimage.
• Tested a new Jenkins environment: it’s working, so we’ll be able to plan a migration.

[vpa19771]

openjdk:

• reviewed jtreg failures and uploaded early access versions -11..-27 to Debian
• Merged jvmci removal for openjdk-26, -27

devpack-for-spring:

• new version in latest/edge sudo snap install devpack-for-spring --edge --classic that allows to configure and run build plugins independent of the main build: devpack-for-spring-cli/BuildPlugins.md at main · canonical/devpack-for-spring-cli · GitHub

distro:

• patch pilot shift