Changes/OstreeNativeContainer

ostree native containers / CoreOS layering

Summary

Enhance the (rpm-)ostree stack to natively support OCI/Docker containers as a transport and delivery mechanism for operating system content.

This is the basis of https://github.com/coreos/enhancements/blob/main/os/coreos-layering.md

Owner

• Name: Colin Walters

• Email: walters@verbum.org

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 36
• Last updated: 2021-11-22
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Having the Fedora ecosystem (from users to release engineering) maintain tooling that operates on all three of "container images", RPMs, and OSTree updates is a maintenance burden.

This proposes that:

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Objectives:

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)