The two-week release cycle should begin with Fedora 22

Jun 19, 2015 01:04 GMT  ·  By

On June 18, Jan Kurik published details about a new proposal to move Atomic Host cloud images from a six-month cadence to two-week releases for the upcoming Fedora 23 Linux operating system.

The last two releases of the Fedora Linux distro, Fedora 21 and Fedora 20, included Atomic Host cloud images as a non-blocking deliverable, but because the upstream Atomic project moves at a fast pace, it is necessary to implement them in Fedora Linux every two weeks.

"For the past two Fedora releases, we've included an Atomic Host cloud image as a non-blocking deliverable. However, upstream Atomic is moving very fast — by the end of the alpha, beta, final stabilization cycle Fedora uses, the released artifact is basically obsolete," reads the proposal.

Furthermore, Red Hat's Project Atomic team also wants to contribute and implement new features to the Fedora upstream, which means that the current six-month release cycle for Fedora Atomic Host is no longer beneficial.

The proposal suggests that Fedora Atomic Host releases be moved from the six-month release cycle as part of a new Fedora version to standalone releases every two weeks, which will be available on the http://atomic.fedoraproject.org website (coming soon).

Fedora Linux wants to become a proper upstream for Atomic Host development

Fedora Atomic Host aims to offer deployment of containerized applications in the Fedora Linux operating system, which wants to become a proper upstream for Atomic Host development.

The project is extremely beneficial to the Fedora operating system and provides a public place for those who intend to collaborate to the Atomic Host development process.

Thanks to the new two-week release cycle, users interested in the Fedora Atomic Host cloud images will get an improved experience with attractive new features that are implemented upstream.