From Fedora Project Wiki
(contingency deadline)
(Change accepted F39)
 
(28 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
= Make Toolbx a release-blocking deliverable and have release-blocking test criteria =
= Make Toolbx a release-blocking deliverable and have release-blocking test criteria =


{{Change_Proposal_Banner}}


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Line 22: Line 21:


== Current status ==
== Current status ==
[[Category:ChangePageIncomplete]]
[[Category:ChangeAcceptedF39]]
<!-- When your change proposal page is completed and ready for review and announcement -->
<!-- When your change proposal page is completed and ready for review and announcement -->
<!-- remove Category:ChangePageIncomplete and change it to Category:ChangeReadyForWrangler -->
<!-- remove Category:ChangePageIncomplete and change it to Category:ChangeReadyForWrangler -->
Line 40: Line 39:
ON_QA -> change is fully code complete
ON_QA -> change is fully code complete
-->
-->
* FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
* [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/54NW7GHUDLQCXLD754RNNZA6VVDWI75P/ Devel Thread]
* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
* FESCo issue: [https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3002 #3002]
* Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216766 #2216766]
* Release notes tracker: [https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/release-notes/issue/998 #998]


== Detailed Description ==
== Detailed Description ==
Line 48: Line 48:
Currently, there is no formal requirement for [https://containertoolbx.org/ Toolbx] to be usable when a new Fedora is released.  This is a problem for a tool that's so popular and provides something as fundamental as an interactive command line environment for software development and troubleshooting the host operating system.  This Change aims to address this.
Currently, there is no formal requirement for [https://containertoolbx.org/ Toolbx] to be usable when a new Fedora is released.  This is a problem for a tool that's so popular and provides something as fundamental as an interactive command line environment for software development and troubleshooting the host operating system.  This Change aims to address this.


Toolbx has two parts — an [https://opencontainers.org/ OCI] image, which defaults to [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] on Fedora, and the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPM.  The OCI image is pulled by the RPM to set up an interactive CLI environment within a container.
Toolbx has two parts — an [https://opencontainers.org/ OCI] image, which defaults to [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] on Fedora hosts, and the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPM.  The OCI image is pulled by the RPM to set up a containerized interactive CLI environment.


First, we want to ensure that there are up to date [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] OCI images published on [https://registry.fedoraproject.org/ registry.fedoraproject.org] as release-blocking deliverables at critical points in the development schedule, just like the installation ISOs for the Editions from [https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/ download.fedoraproject.org].  This must at least happen when an upcoming Fedora release is branched from Rawhide, and for the Beta and Final release candidates.  If possible, they should be updated more frequently as part of the nightly composes.  We do not expect this to happen after a Fedora release has gone GA.
First, we want to ensure that there are up to date [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] OCI images published on [https://registry.fedoraproject.org/ registry.fedoraproject.org] as release-blocking deliverables at critical points in the development schedule, just like the installation ISOs for the Editions from [https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/ download.fedoraproject.org].  This must at least happen when an upcoming Fedora release is branched from Rawhide, and for the Beta and Final release candidates.  If possible, they should be updated more frequently as part of the nightly composes.  We do not expect this to happen after a Fedora release has gone GA.
Note that making the `fedora-toolbox` OCI images release-blocking deliverables will implicitly make the base `fedora` images also release-blocking.  [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f38/blocking/ Currently], that is not the case.


Second, we want to have release-blocking test criteria to ensure usable [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs at critical points in the development schedule.  This must be used to ensure that both changes in the Toolbx stack, and future [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/changes_policy/ Changes] in other parts of the OS do not break Toolbx, and at least cover the Beta and Final release candidates.
Second, we want to have release-blocking test criteria to ensure usable [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs at critical points in the development schedule.  This must be used to ensure that both changes in the Toolbx stack, and future [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/changes_policy/ Changes] in other parts of the OS do not break Toolbx, and at least cover the Beta and Final release candidates.


One example of a change in the Toolbx stack causing breakage is [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2183034 FUSE] preventing RPMs with file capabilities from being installed inside Toolbx containers.  Examples of changes in other parts of the OS can be changes to Fedora's Kerberos stack causing Kerberos to stop working inside Toolbx containers, [[Changes/EnableSysctlPingGroupRange|changes]] to the <code>sysctl(8)</code> [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/90ce7627dfe824ff6e7c0ca5f96350fbcfec7118 configuration] breaking ping(8), changes in [https://github.com/containers/toolbox/issues/562 Mutter] breaking graphical applications, etc..
Examples of changes in the Toolbx stack causing breakage can be [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2183034 FUSE] preventing RPMs with file capabilities from being installed inside Toolbx containers, Toolbx [https://github.com/containers/toolbox/issues/643 bind mounts] preventing RPMs with <code>%attr()</code> from being installed or causing [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188304 systemd-tmpfiles(8)] to throw errors, etc..  Examples of changes in other parts of the OS can be changes to Fedora's Kerberos stack causing Kerberos to stop working inside Toolbx containers, [[Changes/EnableSysctlPingGroupRange|changes]] to the <code>sysctl(8)</code> [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/90ce7627dfe824ff6e7c0ca5f96350fbcfec7118 configuration] breaking ping(8), changes in [https://github.com/containers/toolbox/issues/562 Mutter] breaking graphical applications, etc..


Note that having release-blocking test criteria for the <code>toolbox</code> RPM will also implicitly test the <code>fedora-toolbox</code> image.
Note that having release-blocking test criteria for the <code>toolbox</code> RPM will also implicitly test the <code>fedora-toolbox</code> image.
Line 90: Line 92:
-->
-->


This improves the quality of the containerized interactive command line [https://containertoolbx.org/ Toolbx] environments on Fedora by adding formal requirements to ensure that they are usable when a new Fedora is released.  This will bring them closer to the reliability of those environments running directly on the host operating system.
This Change improves the quality of the containerized interactive command line [https://containertoolbx.org/ Toolbx] environments on Fedora by adding formal requirements to ensure that they are usable when a new Fedora is released.  This will bring them closer to the reliability of similar environments running directly on the host operating system.


Toolbx is installed by default on CoreOS, Silverblue and Workstation.  It is indispensable for software developers using Silverblue to bypass the difficulty of setting up a development environment in the usual way. It is widely used, even on Workstation, by those who don't want to pollute their host OS, or want to access a CLI environment that's different from the host's without installing a virtual machine, or want a pre-configured development environment.
Toolbx is installed by default on CoreOS, Silverblue and Workstation.  It is indispensable for software developers using Silverblue to bypass the difficulty of setting up a development environment in the usual way. It is widely used, even on Workstation, by those who don't want to pollute their host OS, or want to access a CLI environment that's different from the host's without installing a virtual machine, or want a pre-configured development environment.
Line 96: Line 98:
It will be beneficial to consider the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] images as release-blocking deliverables because Fedora's [https://opencontainers.org/ OCI] infrastructure is often broken.  Here are [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11092 two] [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11367 recent] examples of <code>fedpkg container-build</code> not working.  In the second case, it was preventing the images from being rebuilt to pull in an [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170878 important] bug-fix.  The broken infrastructure prevents regular Fedora contributors from jumping in to rebuild and publish the images at critical points in the development schedule.  Making them release-blocking deliverables would attract greater attention and scrutiny from release engineering and ensure that a Fedora development cycle does not proceed with broken or outdated or missing <code>fedora-toolbox</code> images.
It will be beneficial to consider the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] images as release-blocking deliverables because Fedora's [https://opencontainers.org/ OCI] infrastructure is often broken.  Here are [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11092 two] [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11367 recent] examples of <code>fedpkg container-build</code> not working.  In the second case, it was preventing the images from being rebuilt to pull in an [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170878 important] bug-fix.  The broken infrastructure prevents regular Fedora contributors from jumping in to rebuild and publish the images at critical points in the development schedule.  Making them release-blocking deliverables would attract greater attention and scrutiny from release engineering and ensure that a Fedora development cycle does not proceed with broken or outdated or missing <code>fedora-toolbox</code> images.


At the moment, the branching of an upcoming Fedora release from Rawhide is a particularly chaotic time.  Since the <code>fedora-toolbox</code> images for Fedora Branched and Rawhide are not rebuilt as part of the branching process, there is a lot of confusion for end-users until someone manually rebuilds the images and gets them published.  Having the images built and published by release engineering as part of the branching will avoid this.
At the moment, the branching of an upcoming Fedora release from Rawhide is a particularly chaotic time.  Since the <code>fedora-toolbox</code> images for Fedora Branched and Rawhide are not rebuilt as part of the branching process, there is a lot of confusion for end-users until someone manually rebuilds the images and gets them published, which can take some time as described above.  Having the images built and published by release engineering as part of the branching will avoid this.


If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default <code>fedora-toolbox</code> image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container should have the same RPM versions.  Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions.  This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.
If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default <code>fedora-toolbox</code> image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container will have the same RPM versions.  Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions.  This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.


Last but not the least, we can not have release-blocking test criteria for the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs unless the images are also release-blocking deliverables, because the RPMs depend on the images.  This brings us to the benefits of the second part of this Change.
Last but not the least, we cannot have release-blocking test criteria for the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs unless the images are also release-blocking deliverables, because the RPMs depend on the images.  This brings us to the benefits of the second part of this Change.


It will be beneficial to have release-blocking test criteria for the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs because they interact with different parts of the OS to set up the containerized interactive CLI environments.  These environments have seamless access to the user’s home directory, the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices (like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev database, etc., and any unexpected change in another part of the OS can break the environment.
It will be beneficial to have release-blocking test criteria for the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs because they interact with different parts of the OS to set up the containerized interactive CLI environments.  These environments have seamless access to the user’s home directory, the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices (like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev database, etc., and any unexpected change in another part of the OS can break the environment.
Line 130: Line 132:


<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
This is only a change to the Fedora releases processes.  There should not be any user-visible change, other than fewer bugs and a more reliable Toolbx.  Therefore, systems with a previous version of Fedora won't need any manual intervention.
This is only a change to the Fedora release processes.  Therefore, systems with a previous version of Fedora won't need any manual intervention.
 
There should not be any user-visible change, other than, barring exceptions, the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] image having the same RPM versions as the host at critical points in the development schedule, fewer bugs and a more reliable Toolbx.  


== How To Test ==
== How To Test ==
Line 148: Line 152:


<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
Up to date [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] images must be available from [https://registry.fedoraproject.org/ registry.fedoraproject.org] when an upcoming Fedora release is branched from Rawhide, and for the Beta and Final release candidates.  The following steps can be used to test this:
* Check the Toolbx containers and images present locally using <code>toolbox list</code>.
* Remove any Toolbx containers and images for the Fedora release under development using <code>toolbox rm</code> and <code>toolbox rmi</code>.
* Create a new Toolbx container with <code>toolbox create</code> and enter it with <code>toolbox enter</code>.
* Use <code>sudo dnf update</code> inside the Toolbx container.  Barring exceptions, the container should have the same RPM versions as the host.


The [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs must satisfy the test criteria for the Beta and Final release candidates.  Writing the test criteria is part of this Change, so they don't exist at the moment, but likely examples can be:
* Graphical Apps running inside Toolbx container should be accessible outside
* Graphical Apps (text editors) should retain their state even when the virtual terminal is closed


== User Experience ==
== User Experience ==
Line 161: Line 173:
  - Green has been scientifically proven to be the most relaxing color. The move to a default background color of green with green text will result in Fedora users being the most relaxed users of any operating system.
  - Green has been scientifically proven to be the most relaxing color. The move to a default background color of green with green text will result in Fedora users being the most relaxed users of any operating system.
-->
-->
This Change improves the quality of the containerized interactive command line Toolbx environments on Fedora by ensuring that they are just as reliable as those running directly on the host operating system.
If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container should have the same RPM versions. Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions. This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.
If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container should have the same RPM versions. Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions. This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.


Line 167: Line 181:


<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 
N/A (not needed for this Change)


== Contingency Plan ==
== Contingency Plan ==


<!-- If you cannot complete your feature by the final development freeze, what is the backup plan?  This might be as simple as "Revert the shipped configuration".  Or it might not (e.g. rebuilding a number of dependent packages).  If you feature is not completed in time we want to assure others that other parts of Fedora will not be in jeopardy.  -->
<!-- If you cannot complete your feature by the final development freeze, what is the backup plan?  This might be as simple as "Revert the shipped configuration".  Or it might not (e.g. rebuilding a number of dependent packages).  If you feature is not completed in time we want to assure others that other parts of Fedora will not be in jeopardy.  -->
* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
* Contingency mechanism: If there are no up to date [https://src.fedoraproject.org/container/fedora-toolbox fedora-toolbox] images published on [https://registry.fedoraproject.org/ registry.fedoraproject.org] as release-blocking deliverables, then the release-blocking test criteria for the [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox toolbox] RPMs cannot be put into production.  In that case this Change cannot be implemented and status quo will be maintained.  If the images get published, but the test criteria is absent, then only the first half of the Change will be implemented, and users can still benefit from the more predictably updated images.
<!-- When is the last time the contingency mechanism can be put in place?  This will typically be the beta freeze. -->
<!-- When is the last time the contingency mechanism can be put in place?  This will typically be the beta freeze. -->
* Contingency deadline: We need this by the Change completion deadline or before Fedora 39 is branched from Rawhide, whichever is earlier. As per the [https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-39/f-39-key-tasks.html schedule], both of those are currently set to happen on the 8th of August 2023.
* Contingency deadline: We need this by the Change completion deadline or before Fedora 39 is branched from Rawhide, whichever is earlier. As per the [https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-39/f-39-key-tasks.html schedule], both of those are currently set to happen on the 8th of August 2023.
<!-- Does finishing this feature block the release, or can we ship with the feature in incomplete state? -->
<!-- Does finishing this feature block the release, or can we ship with the feature in incomplete state? -->
* Blocks release? No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
* Blocks release? No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->


== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==
Line 183: Line 196:


<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
<!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Toolbx basics: https://containertoolbx.org/install/
* Toolbx manuals: https://github.com/containers/toolbox/tree/main/doc


== Release Notes ==
== Release Notes ==

Latest revision as of 14:05, 22 June 2023


Make Toolbx a release-blocking deliverable and have release-blocking test criteria

Summary

Up to date fedora-toolbox OCI images must be published on registry.fedoraproject.org as release-blocking deliverables, and there must be release-blocking test criteria to ensure usable toolbox RPMs.

Owner

Current status

Detailed Description

Currently, there is no formal requirement for Toolbx to be usable when a new Fedora is released. This is a problem for a tool that's so popular and provides something as fundamental as an interactive command line environment for software development and troubleshooting the host operating system. This Change aims to address this.

Toolbx has two parts — an OCI image, which defaults to fedora-toolbox on Fedora hosts, and the toolbox RPM. The OCI image is pulled by the RPM to set up a containerized interactive CLI environment.

First, we want to ensure that there are up to date fedora-toolbox OCI images published on registry.fedoraproject.org as release-blocking deliverables at critical points in the development schedule, just like the installation ISOs for the Editions from download.fedoraproject.org. This must at least happen when an upcoming Fedora release is branched from Rawhide, and for the Beta and Final release candidates. If possible, they should be updated more frequently as part of the nightly composes. We do not expect this to happen after a Fedora release has gone GA.

Note that making the fedora-toolbox OCI images release-blocking deliverables will implicitly make the base fedora images also release-blocking. Currently, that is not the case.

Second, we want to have release-blocking test criteria to ensure usable toolbox RPMs at critical points in the development schedule. This must be used to ensure that both changes in the Toolbx stack, and future Changes in other parts of the OS do not break Toolbx, and at least cover the Beta and Final release candidates.

Examples of changes in the Toolbx stack causing breakage can be FUSE preventing RPMs with file capabilities from being installed inside Toolbx containers, Toolbx bind mounts preventing RPMs with %attr() from being installed or causing systemd-tmpfiles(8) to throw errors, etc.. Examples of changes in other parts of the OS can be changes to Fedora's Kerberos stack causing Kerberos to stop working inside Toolbx containers, changes to the sysctl(8) configuration breaking ping(8), changes in Mutter breaking graphical applications, etc..

Note that having release-blocking test criteria for the toolbox RPM will also implicitly test the fedora-toolbox image.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

This Change improves the quality of the containerized interactive command line Toolbx environments on Fedora by adding formal requirements to ensure that they are usable when a new Fedora is released. This will bring them closer to the reliability of similar environments running directly on the host operating system.

Toolbx is installed by default on CoreOS, Silverblue and Workstation. It is indispensable for software developers using Silverblue to bypass the difficulty of setting up a development environment in the usual way. It is widely used, even on Workstation, by those who don't want to pollute their host OS, or want to access a CLI environment that's different from the host's without installing a virtual machine, or want a pre-configured development environment.

It will be beneficial to consider the fedora-toolbox images as release-blocking deliverables because Fedora's OCI infrastructure is often broken. Here are two recent examples of fedpkg container-build not working. In the second case, it was preventing the images from being rebuilt to pull in an important bug-fix. The broken infrastructure prevents regular Fedora contributors from jumping in to rebuild and publish the images at critical points in the development schedule. Making them release-blocking deliverables would attract greater attention and scrutiny from release engineering and ensure that a Fedora development cycle does not proceed with broken or outdated or missing fedora-toolbox images.

At the moment, the branching of an upcoming Fedora release from Rawhide is a particularly chaotic time. Since the fedora-toolbox images for Fedora Branched and Rawhide are not rebuilt as part of the branching process, there is a lot of confusion for end-users until someone manually rebuilds the images and gets them published, which can take some time as described above. Having the images built and published by release engineering as part of the branching will avoid this.

If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default fedora-toolbox image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container will have the same RPM versions. Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions. This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.

Last but not the least, we cannot have release-blocking test criteria for the toolbox RPMs unless the images are also release-blocking deliverables, because the RPMs depend on the images. This brings us to the benefits of the second part of this Change.

It will be beneficial to have release-blocking test criteria for the toolbox RPMs because they interact with different parts of the OS to set up the containerized interactive CLI environments. These environments have seamless access to the user’s home directory, the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices (like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev database, etc., and any unexpected change in another part of the OS can break the environment.

The release-blocking test criteria will be a way to co-ordinate several disparate groups of developers to ensure that the containerized interactive CLI Toolbx environments on Fedora are just as reliable as those running directly on the host OS.

Scope

  • Proposal owners: Write down the release-blocking test criteria for the toolbox RPMs that will be used for testing and the blocker bugs process.
  • Other developers: The release-blocking test criteria for Toolbx will require others to debug and fix bugs, possibly blockers, and be mindful of making changes to other parts of the operating system that break the Toolbx environment.
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
  • Trademark approval: #449
  • Alignment with Community Initiatives:

Upgrade/compatibility impact

This is only a change to the Fedora release processes. Therefore, systems with a previous version of Fedora won't need any manual intervention.

There should not be any user-visible change, other than, barring exceptions, the fedora-toolbox image having the same RPM versions as the host at critical points in the development schedule, fewer bugs and a more reliable Toolbx.

How To Test

Up to date fedora-toolbox images must be available from registry.fedoraproject.org when an upcoming Fedora release is branched from Rawhide, and for the Beta and Final release candidates. The following steps can be used to test this:

  • Check the Toolbx containers and images present locally using toolbox list.
  • Remove any Toolbx containers and images for the Fedora release under development using toolbox rm and toolbox rmi.
  • Create a new Toolbx container with toolbox create and enter it with toolbox enter.
  • Use sudo dnf update inside the Toolbx container. Barring exceptions, the container should have the same RPM versions as the host.

The toolbox RPMs must satisfy the test criteria for the Beta and Final release candidates. Writing the test criteria is part of this Change, so they don't exist at the moment, but likely examples can be:

  • Graphical Apps running inside Toolbx container should be accessible outside
  • Graphical Apps (text editors) should retain their state even when the virtual terminal is closed

User Experience

This Change improves the quality of the containerized interactive command line Toolbx environments on Fedora by ensuring that they are just as reliable as those running directly on the host operating system.

If someone installs the Beta or the Final on their host, and creates a Toolbx container using the default fedora-toolbox image, then, barring exceptions, the host and the container should have the same RPM versions. Just like Workstation and Silverblue are released with the same versions. This will ensure greater consistency in terms of bug-fixes, features and pending updates.

Dependencies

N/A (not needed for this Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: If there are no up to date fedora-toolbox images published on registry.fedoraproject.org as release-blocking deliverables, then the release-blocking test criteria for the toolbox RPMs cannot be put into production. In that case this Change cannot be implemented and status quo will be maintained. If the images get published, but the test criteria is absent, then only the first half of the Change will be implemented, and users can still benefit from the more predictably updated images.
  • Contingency deadline: We need this by the Change completion deadline or before Fedora 39 is branched from Rawhide, whichever is earlier. As per the schedule, both of those are currently set to happen on the 8th of August 2023.
  • Blocks release? No

Documentation

Release Notes