diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9735f43..4eb2924 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   - if [[ `uname` == "Linux" ]]; then build/docker/refresh.sh; fi
 
 stages:
-# - osx       # up front for now (for testing)
   - docker    # docker images
   - thrift    # thrift build jobs
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
     - SCRIPT="cmake.sh"
     - BUILD_ARG=""
     - BUILD_ENV="-e CC=gcc -e CXX=g++ -e THRIFT_CROSSTEST_CONCURRENCY=4"
-    - DISTRO=ubuntu-xenial
+    - DISTRO=ubuntu-artful
     - BUILD_LIBS="CPP C_GLIB HASKELL JAVA PYTHON TESTING TUTORIALS"  # only meaningful for CMake builds
     - TRAVIS_BUILD_STAGE=test
     # DOCKER_REPO (this works for all builds as a source for docker images - you can override for fork builds in your Travis settings)
@@ -54,12 +53,6 @@
 
 jobs:
   include:
-    # ------------------------- phase: osx --------------------------
-    # - stage: osx
-    #   os: osx
-    #   osx_image: xcode9
-    #   script: build/docker/scripts/autotools.sh
-
     # ========================= stage: docker =========================
     - stage: docker
       script: true
@@ -120,7 +113,6 @@
       env:
         - JOB="Static Code Analysis"
         - SCRIPT="sca.sh"
-        - DISTRO=ubuntu-artful
 
     # C and C++ undefined behavior.
     # A binary crashes if undefined behavior occurs and produces a stack trace.
@@ -129,13 +121,12 @@
       env:
         - JOB="UBSan"
         - SCRIPT="ubsan.sh"
-        - DISTRO=ubuntu-artful
         - BUILD_ARG="--without-python --without-py3"
 
     # ------------------------- phase: cmake ------------------------
     - script: build/docker/run.sh
       env:
-        - JOB="CMake (Ubuntu Xenial)"
+        - JOB="CMake"
 
     # C++ specific options: compiler plug-in, threading model
     - script: build/docker/run.sh
@@ -178,10 +169,18 @@
     - script: build/docker/run.sh
       env:
         - JOB="make dist"
+        - DISTRO=ubuntu-xenial
         - SCRIPT="make-dist.sh"
 
     - script: build/docker/run.sh
       env:
         - JOB="Debian Packages"
+        - DISTRO=ubuntu-xenial
         - SCRIPT="dpkg.sh"
 
+  ### ------------------------- phase: osx -------------------------
+  # disabled due to the time delays it imposes on build jobs
+  # - os: osx
+  #   osx_image: xcode9
+  #   script: build/docker/scripts/autotools.sh
+
diff --git a/LANGUAGES.md b/LANGUAGES.md
index 348b5ea..1b5fd51 100644
--- a/LANGUAGES.md
+++ b/LANGUAGES.md
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@
 <tr align=center>
 <td align=left><a href="lib/cl/README.md">Common Lisp</a></td>
 <!-- Build Systems ---------><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td>
-<!-- Language Levels -------><td colspan=2>unknown</td>
+<!-- Language Levels -------><td colspan=2>SBCL 1.4.4</td>
 <!-- Low-Level Transports --><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td>
 <!-- Transport Wrappers ----><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td>
 <!-- Protocols -------------><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td>
-<!-- Servers ---------------><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td></td>
+<!-- Servers ---------------><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td>
 <td align=left><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-82">Common Lisp</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr align=center>
-<td align=left><a href="lib/d/README.md">D</a></td>
+<td align=left><a href="lib/d/README.md">Dlang</a></td>
 <!-- Build Systems ---------><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td>
 <!-- Language Levels -------><td>2.070.2</td><td>2.077.1</td>
 <!-- Low-Level Transports --><td><img src="doc/images/cred.png" alt=""/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td><td><img src="doc/images/cgrn.png" alt="Yes"/></td>
diff --git a/build/docker/README.md b/build/docker/README.md
index 28d5b16..35943e1 100644
--- a/build/docker/README.md
+++ b/build/docker/README.md
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@
 
 | Language  | ubuntu-trusty | ubuntu-xenial | ubuntu-artful | Notes |
 | :-------- | :------------ | :------------ | :------------ | :---- |
-| as of     | Oct 01, 2017  | Jan 29, 2018  | Jan 29, 2018  |       |
+| as of     | Oct 01, 2017  | Jan 29, 2018  | Mar 02, 2018  |       |
 | as3       |               |               |               | Not in CI |
 | C++ gcc   | 4.8.4         | 5.4.0         | 7.2.0         |       |
 | C++ clang | 3.4           | 3.8           | 4.0           |       |
 | C# (mono) | 3.2.8.0       | 4.2.1.0       | 4.6.2.7       |       |
 | c_glib    | 2.40.2        | 2.48.2        | 2.54.0        |       |
-| CL (sbcl) |               |               | 1.3.14        |       |
+| CL (sbcl) |               |               | 1.4.4         |       |
 | cocoa     |               |               |               | Not in CI |
 | d         | 2.070.2       | 2.073.2       | 2.077.1       |       |
 | dart      | 1.20.1        | 1.22.1        | 1.24.3        |       |
diff --git a/build/docker/ubuntu-artful/Dockerfile b/build/docker/ubuntu-artful/Dockerfile
index b9c30f6..fe241c4 100644
--- a/build/docker/ubuntu-artful/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/ubuntu-artful/Dockerfile
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
 # RUN echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian xenial main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono.list && \
 #     apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A6A19B38D3D831EF
 
-# D
-RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EBCF975E5BA24D5E && \
-        wget http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/d-apt/files/d-apt.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/d-apt.list && \
-        wget -qO - https://dlang.org/d-keyring.gpg | apt-key add -
-
 # Dart
 RUN curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
     curl https://storage.googleapis.com/download.dartlang.org/linux/debian/dart_stable.list > \
@@ -95,29 +90,30 @@
 `# csharp (mono) dependencies` \
       mono-devel
 
-ENV D_VERSION 2.077.1-0.1
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ENV SBCL_VERSION 1.4.4
+RUN \
 `# Common Lisp (sbcl) dependencies` \
-      sbcl
+    curl --version && \
+    curl -O -J -L https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sbcl/sbcl/${SBCL_VERSION}/sbcl-${SBCL_VERSION}-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2 && \
+    tar xjf sbcl-${SBCL_VERSION}-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2 && \
+    cd sbcl-${SBCL_VERSION}-x86-64-linux && \
+    ./install.sh && \
+    sbcl --version && \
+    rm -rf sbcl*
 
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-      `# D dependencies` \
-      dmd-bin=$D_VERSION \
-      libphobos2-dev=$D_VERSION \
-      dmd-compiler=$D_VERSION \
-      dmd-tools=$D_VERSION \
-      dub \
-      dfmt \
-      dscanner \
-      libevent-dev \
-      libssl-dev \
-      xdg-utils
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/deimos /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/C && \
+ENV D_VERSION     2.077.1
+ENV DMD_DEB       dmd_2.077.1-0_amd64.deb
+RUN \
+`# D dependencies` \
+    wget -q http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/${D_VERSION}/${DMD_DEB} && \
+    dpkg --install ${DMD_DEB} && \
+    rm -f ${DMD_DEB} && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/deimos /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/C && \
     curl -sSL https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/libevent/archive/master.tar.gz| tar xz && \
     mv libevent-master/deimos/* /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/deimos/ && \
     mv libevent-master/C/* /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/C/ && \
-    rm -rf libevent-master
-RUN curl -sSL https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/openssl/archive/master.tar.gz| tar xz && \
+    rm -rf libevent-master && \
+    curl -sSL https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/openssl/archive/master.tar.gz| tar xz && \
     mv openssl-master/deimos/* /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/deimos/ && \
     mv openssl-master/C/* /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/C/ && \
     rm -rf openssl-master
diff --git a/test/known_failures_Linux.json b/test/known_failures_Linux.json
index 082496d..a0bd542 100644
--- a/test/known_failures_Linux.json
+++ b/test/known_failures_Linux.json
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
   "csharp-erl_binary_framed-ip-ssl",
   "csharp-erl_compact_buffered-ip-ssl",
   "csharp-erl_compact_framed-ip-ssl",
+  "d-cl_binary_buffered-ip",
+  "d-cl_binary_framed-ip",
   "d-cpp_binary_buffered-ip",
   "d-cpp_binary_buffered-ip-ssl",
   "d-cpp_binary_framed-ip",