Foundations Team Updates - 2026-07-30

[rkratky]

Hello everybody,

It’s time for a weekly update from Foundations

Courtesy ping:

• Foundations: @mclemenceau
  • @mwhudson, @rkratky
• Release: @utkarsh, @skia, @oreiche, @amrelsh, @nulltrek
• Package manager, crypto, and system: @juliank
  • @bamf0, @varranvar, @zgrigoryan
• Boot: @mkukri, @fhoerni, @artiepoole
• Runtimes: @samirkam
  • Rust: @richard-scott-mcnew, @maxgmr, @petrakat, @karljs, @blkerby, @ruancomelli, @cad97
  • Java: @vpa19771, @pushkarnk, @rroessler
  • .NET: @mateus-morais, @rinconjr
  • Golang: @levihackerman-102, @sumit-tiwari
  • Python: @dviererbe, @vmpyr
• Architectures: @ravi-sharma
  • @xypron, @waveform, @r41k0u, @tobhe, @vhaudiquet

Please, post your updates. Thanks!

[amrelsh]

Testing

• Complete the URM testing inventory and documentation
• Finish the local testing of surfacing upgrade tests results to Test Observer

Packaging

• Work on an MP for fixing this in Ubuntu

[pushkarnk]

Java

• Prepared OpenJDK Security update back-ports for Ubuntu lts releases
• New upstream and package releases for crac-criu, openjdk-{17,21,25}-crac
• Code reviews on rockcraft plugins, chiseled-tomcat, devpack documentation

[vpa19771]

• openjdk:
  • Sponsored openjdk-*-crac
• devpack-for-spring:
  • added configuration subprojects option to plugin-configuration.yaml.
  • new version of java-rockcraft-plugins - when rockcraft is not installed, the tasks are skipped
• chiselled-tomcat:
  • Prepared tomcat10 -pro image.
• distro:
  • patch pilot shift Patch Pilot Hand-off 26.10 - #25 by vpa19771

[rkratky]

Documentation

• Internal article on token savings

canonical/ubuntu-for-developers-docs

First docs about devpacks

• Add devpack-for-rust tutorial
• Restructure navigation: toolchain landing pages and Java advanced subdirectory
• Add devpack-for-spring tutorial and devpacks explanation
• Add docs structure design document

rkratky/docshub

Update to new MCP spec

• Update to MCP 2026-07-28 spec

ubuntu/ubuntu-project-docs

PRs submitted

• Fix Matrix homeserver default in queue-report.py
• Fix release table display
• Add @msuchane to TA owners/reviewers
• Use placeholder instead of future release number/date

PRs reviewed

• Remove duplicated Lintian info → merged, too
• improve versioning docs → merged, too

PRs merged

• Supported architectures: fix a couple typos
• Add missing Rust update steps
• Migrate Debian-related pages from wiki to docs/debian