nimbinatus
November 18, 2025, 8:35pm
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@nimbinatus filed Fedora-Council/tickets ticket #549 . Discuss here and record votes and decisions in the ticket.
Per this Discourse thread , we would like to renew. Full proposal doc here .
Fedora Image Mode
Note that naming might change. We will not bikeshed on the naming here. We cannot keep the bootc name as bootc is now a CNCF trademark and might potentially be problematic.
Initiative Team Details
Name: Laura Santamaria (executive sponsor: Jef Spatela)Email: lasantam at redhat dot comTeam space: #fedora-bootc on Matrix (will need to rename to avoid CNCF clash)
Initiative Details
Summary Overview: The initial exploratory phase of the initiative over the past year has concluded, and we are ready to finalize the work to bring bootc-derived OCI artifacts as first-class citizens in the Fedora ecosystem.Target Release: beta F44, prod F45Link to Discussion post: 167131 Dependencies: Reference Discussion threadRequires Change Proposal(s): Yes, eventually
Benefit to Fedora
The core challenge the initiative faces is fragmentation and a lack of production readiness.
Fedora’s current immutable/atomic ecosystem is fragmented across multiple subprojects (CoreOS, IoT, Atomic Desktops). This fragmentation leads to confusing documentation, split community focus, and duplicated engineering effort. As a result, OCI artifacts are not considered first-class citizens in the Fedora ecosystem.
Despite prior exploration, Fedora has not yet reached true production capacity for the bootc toolchain. The previous initiative was broad and exploratory, and now a focused effort is needed to deliver a concrete, sustainable production system.
This effort will establish bootc-derived OCI artifacts as first-class citizens in the Fedora ecosystem, with all atomic (immutable) operating system variants delivered as layered bootable OCI artifacts, built using the upstream bootc toolchain from a common sustainable core, supported by a modern unified developer experience, and shipped on a rolling basis.
Expected Outcomes
Official, production-ready Fedora base images
Production-ready subproject artifacts (CoreOS, IoT, etc.) derived from those base images
A sustainable, documented Konflux pipeline for generating OCI artifacts
A designated space to host the base images and other artifacts
(Stretch) A potential universal installer for bootc switch
A formal recommendation for a new, permanent SIG or structure to own and maintain the base images and extensions, with community members identified to kick off
A collection of feature requests, bug reports, and experimental results for upstream bootc and Konflux.
A proposal or framework for an “experimentation” or “sandbox” SIG within Fedora, modeled after concepts from CNCF or Kubernetes.
Success Criteria
A clean development pipeline (44)
A sustainable image hosting service (44)
Beta/nightly rolling releases of base images (44)
Beta/nightly rolling releases of subproject artifacts (44)
Fully supported production pipeline (45)
Production (rolling) base images (45)
Production quality (rolling) artifacts from subprojects (45)
Universal installer (stretch, 45)
SIG creation (post-45)
Permanent owners identified with clear documentation (post-45)
Dissolved initiative with retro and documentation published (post-45)
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jflory7
December 3, 2025, 6:51pm
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Discussed in 2025-12-03 Fedora Council meeting .
The Council voted (+8) to renew the initiative with @nimbinatus as Lead and @jspaleta as Executive Sponsor. The goal is to make bootc-derived artifacts first-class citizens, targeting production readiness by Fedora Linux 45 (approx. Dec 2026). Planning will continue at the upcoming 2026 Strategy Summit .
As next steps, I will open a Council onboarding ticket for @nimbinatus to fulfill her new role as a Initiative Lead on the Fedora Council.
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