Release v1.17.0

bootc 1.17.0

Highlights

This release declares the composefs backend as stable. A list of known issues with the composefs backend is included, but the core on-disk format is now considered stable and ready for production use.

Changes

• bootctl: explicitly disable systemd chroot detection by @jeckersb in #2487
• cli: Make loader-entries unavailable when ostree lacks bootconfig-extra by @jmarrero in #2485
• ci: Drop soon to be EOL fedora-43 by @cgwalters in #2482
• Add support for multiple composefs= digests by @cgwalters in #2248
• boot: Include .dtb section (if it exists) in the boot digest by @alexlarsson in #2492
• status: Show "(queued)" on rollback images if it is queued by @alexlarsson in #2493
• composefs: Hold /boot open while a deployment is staged by @cgwalters-bot in #2496
• ci: Keep package artifacts for a week instead of a day by @cgwalters-bot in #2502
• RHEL-258303: build: Exclude bundled PCRE2 sources from vendor tarballs by @cgwalters-bot in #2495
• container: Move .vmlinuz.hmac along with the kernel in split-kernel-and-rootfs by @cgwalters-bot in #2499
• install: Add explicit offline deployment mount API by @cgwalters-bot in #2483
• ostree-ext: Point ostree container commit users at bootc container lint by @cgwalters-bot in #2504
• docs: Ship canonical website chapters as installed manuals by @HarshwardhanPatil07 in #2508
• chore(deps): update dependency tmt to v1.79.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #2506
• build: Key the Secure Boot signing layers on the certificate by @cgwalters-bot in #2498
• blockdev: Add list_dev_by_dir_optional by @cgwalters-bot in #2517
• tmt: Add test switching to a zstd:chunked image by @cgwalters-bot in #2503
• Make SELinux support an optional (default) cargo feature by @cgwalters-bot in #2494
• install: Read --root-ssh-authorized-keys before changing mounts by @ericcurtin in #2476
• install: Use systemd-repart for partitioning by @Johan-Liebert1 in #2314
• tests-integration: Serialize the install-config writer against readers by @cgwalters-bot in #2520
• composefs: Find GRUB's boot directory on a separate /boot when upgrading by @cgwalters-bot in #2516
• Repart followups by @Johan-Liebert1 in #2522
• lints: Don't require ostree bits on composefs-native images by @cgwalters-bot in #2500
• install: Only remove bootloader dirs from the ESP by @ericcurtin in #2475
• fsck: Return typed findings from the checks by @cgwalters-bot in #2528
• fix: Include failing paths in container lint errors by @mvanhorn in #2526
• utils: Quote empty arguments in command displays by @ddy314 in #2533
• composefs: Declare the backend stable by @cgwalters in #2530
• sysusers: Preserve fields after empty quoted tokens by @ddy314 in #2534
• xtask: Fail packaging if the vendor archive has PCRE2 C sources by @cgwalters-bot in #2529
• docs: Add list of known composefs issues by @cgwalters in #2545
• fix(deps): update rust crate bcvk-qemu to v0.21.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #2548
• install: Reject logically bound images with the composefs backend by @andrewdunndev in #2549
• install: Reject --stateroot with the composefs backend by @andrewdunndev in #2544
• to-disk: Add run-repart option by @Johan-Liebert1 in #2551
• Release 1.17.0 by @bootc-bot[bot] in #2546

New Contributors

• @cgwalters-bot made their first contribution in #2496
• @mvanhorn made their first contribution in #2526
• @ddy314 made their first contribution in #2533

Full Changelog: v1.16.14...v1.17.0

Assets

• bootc-1.17.0-vendor.tar.zstd - Vendored dependencies archive
• bootc-1.17.0.tar.zstd - Source archive