From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9BC4158015 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C7512BC0E2; Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 186292BC0E2 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54E5D340BEF for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AFF3AE5 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:26 +0000 (UTC) From: "Joonas Niilola" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Joonas Niilola" Message-ID: <1703784013.1dc53c33d97053429b8c7a82aca0066c139d2da6.juippis@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/ X-VCS-Repository: data/gentoo-news X-VCS-Files: 2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server.en.txt X-VCS-Directories: 2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/ X-VCS-Committer: juippis X-VCS-Committer-Name: Joonas Niilola X-VCS-Revision: 1dc53c33d97053429b8c7a82aca0066c139d2da6 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 8c407d00-f92b-45f6-9d0c-0c32049d1c37 X-Archives-Hash: 4e266825612b1771fef7d04602522ac1 commit: 1dc53c33d97053429b8c7a82aca0066c139d2da6 Author: Joonas Niilola gentoo org> AuthorDate: Thu Dec 28 17:18:06 2023 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola gentoo org> CommitDate: Thu Dec 28 17:20:13 2023 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=1dc53c33 2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server: add news item Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920527 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola gentoo.org> ...-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server.en.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server.en.txt b/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64d1b54 --- /dev/null +++ b/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server/2023-12-28-lxd-to-lose-access-for-its-image-server.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Title: LXD to lose access for its image server +Author: Joonas Niilola +Posted: 2023-12-28 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: app-containers/lxd + +Earlier this year Canonical took their LXD project away from the +community-run LinuxContainers and brought it under their own +administration. +While doing so, they removed management access from non-Canonical +employees, along with other things. This caused LXD to be forked and so +Incus was born. Incus would pull updates from upstream LXD to stay +compatible. + +Recently LXD was re-licensed so Incus can't benefit from its code +anymore. Therefore Incus will become a truly independent project. + +However it is LinuxContainers community that still hosts most LXD +images for free, for Incus and LXD. With them unable to benefit or use +LXD anymore, LinuxContainers have decided to stop building and hosting +LXD images. Realistically they can't support LXD given these +restrictions. + +They will start limiting access immediately in 2024 for non-LTS users +which is LXD >=5.18, or "unstable" in Gentoo. LTS LXD, or "stable" +(5.0) in Gentoo will be allowed to pull images until May (an estimate), +or until Incus LTS will be released. Times are subject to change. + +What can you do? +================ + +1: Switch to Incus. +2: Deploy your own image server. +3: Wait and see what Canonical does. + +For unstable users the matter is rather critical, while stable users +have the luxury of waiting. Note that a downgrade from unstable to +stable is not possible due to database schemas. + +Please follow or take a look at Gentoo bug #920527 with more +information about this situation, and updates e.g. for timetables. + +Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920527