Foundations Team Updates - 2026-05-07

[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, @rroessler
  • .NET: @dviererbe, @mateus-morais
  • Golang: @levihackerman-102
• Architectures: @ravi-sharma
  • @xypron, @waveform, @r41k0u, @tobhe, @vhaudiquet

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

[bamf0]

Resolute

• Triaging and looking into Ubuntu release upgrader bugs
  • lintian is a culprit in some Noble → Resolute upgrades, but unable to reproduce (LP: #2150319)
• Finished packaging upki
• Researched new APT features

[maxgmr]

Toolchains

• Working on LLVM 19.1.7 backport to Noble
• Submitted LP: #2100266 fix for Rust 1.91 on Noble
• Testing RVA23 rollback for Rust backports

Distro

• Working on libgit2 merge (LP: #2143615)

Miscellaneous

• Work on presentation of modernized reverse-depends for sprint

[petrakat]

Misc

• Work on slides for Madrid sprint
• Generally get ready for Madrid sprint
• Meetings, 1:1s, and internal stuff