Hey folks, Now that Fedora Linux 41 is out the door and Fedora Linux 39 will be EOL next Tuesday, it's now time to continue down the path that was outlined[1] when the Fedora Linux 40 Change to use KIWI for images[2] was approved. The Fedora Cloud Working Group is not interested in continuing to prop up ImageFactory and as part of the agreement with Release Engineering, the intent is to discontinue ImageFactory in Fedora infrastructure during the Fedora Linux 42 development cycle. Prior to Fedora Linux 40, ImageFactory was used to build Fedora Cloud images, Fedora container images, and Fedora Cloud Vagrant images. These have migrated to being built with KIWI under the aegis of the Fedora Cloud WG. With Fedora Linux 41, two new spins were introduced that use KIWI to build their images: Fedora MiracleWM[3] and Fedora KDE Mobile[4] (both ARM disk images and live media ISOs). At this point, we have confidence that every artifact currently being produced by ImageFactory right now can be moved over to something we can support. Now, with ImageFactory being retired, you as image maintainers have two choices: * Switch over to KIWI (using fedora-kiwi-descriptions[5]) for building your images. This is what the Fedora Server WG[6][7] and Fedora KDE SIG[8] have done. If you need help with doing this, the Cloud WG and the KDE SIG are happy to assist in porting efforts. Upstream developers of KIWI are also very responsive and able to assist if you encounter issues in their Matrix room[9]. Efforts are also ongoing to make it possible for the Respins SIG to continue to produce respins using KIWI. * Retire the ImageFactory-based artifacts. If you find you no longer wish to produce the images that are built with ImageFactory anymore, we can simply discontinue their production. I and other members of the Fedora Cloud WG are identifying the remaining users of ImageFactory and will be reaching out to each stakeholder individually to help them make a choice for this transition. [1]: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-proposal-build-fedora-cloud-edition-images-using-kiwi-in-koji-system-wide/100078/30 [2]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/KiwiBuiltCloudImages [3]: https://fedoraproject.org/spins/miraclewm [4]: https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde-mobile [5]: https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions [6]: https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions/pull-request/97 [7]: https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora/pull-request/1404 [8]: https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora/pull-request/1412 [9]: https://matrix.to/#/#kiwi:matrix.org -- Neal Gompa (FAS: ngompa) -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
