On 11/16/22 06:09, Dan Čermák wrote:
Hi Timothée,
Hey Dan
On November 14, 2022 7:18:45 PM UTC, "Timothée Ravier"
<siosm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The moby-engine package [1] (also known as Docker) has been orphaned in Fedora and is
looking for a new maintainer. The waiting period will soon be over and the package will be
retired if nobody steps in.
>
> This means that the package will be unavailable starting with the next release of
Fedora (Fedora 38) that should happen in approximately 5 to 6 months.
>
> If you are using this package and are interested in helping maintaining it, now is
the time to come forward!
I'm using docker for $dayjob and would be willing to help out a bit, but I will not
be the main maintainer, as I don't feel comfortable taking such a huge package and
lack the cycles for that.
I think there are others that would be willing to help mentor you if
you'd be interested in the challenge (with help). The Golang SIG has
regular meetings and various ways to communicate, which might be a
good way to engage:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Go
>
> This notably impacts Fedora CoreOS as we are including the moby-engine package by
default to let users pick their container engine of choice whithout deciding for them in
advance. We offer both major container engines by default in the image (podman and
moby-engine).
No offense, but this sounds like that this is something the Fedora coreos team should
tackle. Given that Fedora coreos appears to be driven to a large extend by redhat (at
least that's my impression, please correct me if I'm wrong), I find it a bit odd
that the business is asking volunteers to step up to help the business out...
No offense taken. This is a great opportunity to add some clarity. Red Hat
doesn't ship Docker in products any longer. It was dropped in RHEL8+:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3696691
Docker (moby-engine) is in Fedora because of the community, which is
obviously what makes Fedora so great.
Dusty