Foundations Team Updates - 2026-05-21

[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, @cad97
  • Java: @vpa19771, @pushkarnk, @rroessler
  • .NET: @dviererbe, @mateus-morais
  • Golang: @levihackerman-102
• Architectures: @ravi-sharma
  • @xypron, @waveform, @r41k0u, @tobhe, @vhaudiquet

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

[ravi-sharma]

• Writing a test plan for OpenSSL Noble SRU https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/2130576
• Prepared OpenSSL 4 for Stonking. @ginggs is going to help with a test rebuild.

[bamf0]

Stonking

• Merged the latest version of rust-sequoia-sqv (LP: #2153407)

Resolute

• Prepared SRU for ubuntu-release-upgrader lintian fix (LP: #2150319)

[vhaudiquet]

No updates from me for a while, sorry! I worked on a bunch of livecd-rootfs changes in the last weeks.

Resolute/Stonking

Fix deprecated cloud-init data in nocloud images (MP, LP: #2149891)

RISC-V

• Change DTB handling for RISC-V desktop images (MP)
• Update kernel versions in desktop images, adding RISC-V workarround (MP)

Noble

Fix boot flag on root partition in preinstalled server images (MP, LP: #2148511)

[petrakat]

Bit of a short week this week because we’re all back from Madrid!

Rust

• Work on rustc-1.94 backport to Resolute, modulo LP: #2143615
• Evangelize our new cargo-auditable support so that the community hacks on it

[maxgmr]

Toolchains

• Diagnose LLVM 19.1.7 Noble backport autopkgtest failures

Miscellaneous

• Submit merge proposal for libgit2 1.93 in order to unblock Rust toolchain updates
• DMB upload rights application prep!
• Peer Buddy meeting
• Face-to-face interviewer training

[pushkarnk]

Java

• OpenSSL FIPS Provider hardening
• Reviews: jre-rock/pull/28 and jre-rock/pull/29

Zig

• Investigating Ghostty not starting on x86_64 variants without AVX LP#2148769

[skia]

• Patch pilot shift (handoff)
• Made some progress on some Archive Opening tasks (yes, we still have some)
• Onboarding a new joiner
• Handling a GDPR data request for the Error Tracker

[vpa19771]

Short week due to sprint travel.

• chiselled containers: working on upgrading jre rocks and preparing chiselled jre/jdk based on openjdk-25
• helping @rroessler with preparing tomcat backports