9:18 a.m.
*Dear RDO Community/Stakeholders,This email provides an important update
regarding the RDO project and its future direction which marks a
significant change in how RDO content will be delivered.End of RDO RPM
BuildsHistorically, RDO provided RPM-based rebuilds of upstream OpenStack
packages. Due to insufficient contributors, the continuous RDO rpm builds
that were released through the CentOS Cloud SIG have been officially
discontinued as of the Epoxy release.Introducing the New RDO: Container
FocusThe future of RDO will be focused entirely on containers. This is a
pivot from our traditional RPM delivery, as RDO did not previously focus on
containers.RDO will be transitioning to Source-to-Image (S2I) builds for
service containers. This work will be starting shortly within the
github.com/openstack-k8s-operators
<http://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators> organization, and these new
container builds will essentially be the "new RDO".Timeline and Usage: -
This transition work has not yet begun. The timeline is not committed, but
the work is currently expected to be available for the Hibiscus release in
late 2026. The final delivery location of those images is still to be
determined.- These containers are primarily intended to be consumed via the
operators provided in the openstack-k8s-operators GitHub organization.-
While nothing explicitly prevents these containers from being used
elsewhere, this is not currently part of the plan. Community involvement
and feedback for broader usage are welcome including within OKD and the
okderators.- Please note that the operators in this organization are
currently only developed and tested on Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform.Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we make
this important shift. We look forward to engaging with the community on
this new path forward.Sincerely,*
Amy