commit: 1dc53c33d97053429b8c7a82aca0066c139d2da6 Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Dec 28 17:18:06 2023 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo <DOT> 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 <juippis <AT> 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 <juip...@gentoo.org> +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
