SRU: catch 14.04 up with curtin trunk features

[Scott Moser]

=== Begin SRU Template ===
[Impact]
Newer versions of MAAS require/use some features in newer versions of curtin.
This bug tracks and describes new features of curtin that are being brought back to 14.04.

The following is a list of the new features that are being SRU'd.
* hardware enablement: ppc64 support
  MAAS install with fast path installer is expected to work both to PowerNV and KVM guests.
 * hardware enablement: know kernel mapping for utopic (hwe-u = 3.16).
   When the Utopic level hardware enablement kernel is made available for 14.04, curtin should be able to utilize that kernel when it is booted in an environment with a 3.16 kernel.
 * feature: support installing disk images including windows.
   MAAS's windows install should function.
 * feature: support creating swap file
   installations by default should have a swap file created (/swap.img).
 * feature: support reporting logs back to MAAS
   curtin install logs are available on maas in 1.7 and later for user inspection.
 * feature: enable logging of installation to /var/log/curtin/install.log (LP: #1378910)
   curtin install will always write /var/log/curtin/install.log with log/debug information.

[Other Info]
MAAS's dependency on newer curtin for hardware enablement and features was raised to the technical board at [1]. There was no official response there, so at the current time we're pursuing this under a standard SRU.

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2014-July/001986.html
=== End SRU Template ===

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Scott, or anyone else affected,

Accepted curtin into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curtin/0.1.0~bzr195-0ubuntu1~14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)]

We have tested the new version of curtin and things work as expected. Marking verification-done

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for curtin has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package curtin - 0.1.0~bzr195-0ubuntu1~14.04.1

---------------
curtin (0.1.0~bzr195-0ubuntu1~14.04.1) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot.
    - hardware enablement: ppc64 support (LP: #1386394)
    - hardware enablement: know kernel mapping for utopic (hwe-u = 3.16)
      (LP: #1386394)
    - feature: support installing disk images including windows. (LP: #1386394)
    - feature: support creating swap file (LP: #1386394)
    - feature: support reporting logs back to MAAS (LP: #1386394)
    - feature: enable logging of installation to /var/log/curtin/install.log
      (LP: #1378910)
    - bug fix: extract tar files with xattr support when available (LP: #1313550)
    - bug fix: fix broken use of os.path.join for curtin hooks (LP: #1328521)
    - bug fix: util.subp to decode command output as utf-8 (LP: #1370249).
    - bug fix: call update-grub to ensure that /boot/grub/grub.cfg is created
      (LP: #1373137)
    - bug fix: do not use '--acl' when extracting tar files (LP: #1382632)
      as it inadvertently writes default directory acls.
    - bug fix: invoke lsblk with '--output' rather than '--out' to avoid
      ambiguity in newer versions of lsblk (LP: #1386275)
    - internal: part2bd helper added in helpers/common
    - internal: helpers: inherit curtin_verbosity (make the helper tools
      verbose if curtin invoked with verbose flags)
 -- Scott Moser <email address hidden> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:58:43 -0400