Jorge talked about it, but will this be part of F42 or is this more of an F43-44 thing?

We switched to bootc and dnf already this cycle.

Then why do I need to still use rpm-ostree to overlay stuff?

You need to use rpm-ostree for layering, because layering is not (yet) implemented in bootc. [image] How to update using bootc if some package is layered by rpm-ostree? Ask Fedora rpm-ostre…

Seem a bit premature to switch to bootc then, if it is missing functionality.

These people, et al., know what they are doing. [image]

I fully appreciate and deeply respect everything the fine team here has done. However, 38 years of IT experience tells me that if the new function does not have all of equivalent major features of the old function, it’s not ready for primetime.

I think you’re misunderstanding our scope, we’re defaulting to image mode and moving away from local layering entirely. You’ll need to toggle a config and do all that stuff by hand, that’s not changing so you’ll just continue to use rpm-ostree.

Just to clarify, if the image does not EXACTLY meet your needs, you have to disable the new hotness and switch back to rpm-ostree?

Yeah, it’s just how it is today except you have to change a config file. But all of this is day zero stuff, after installation you just leave it. Are you finding yourself using rpm-ostree often to install RPMs etc?

I’m a photographer, not a developer. Many of the tools I use need access to hardware acceleration not provided by flatpak (AMD GPU specifically). Most everything else is fine as I can usually get by with distrobox.

When is the switch to bootc + dnf5 expected?

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JohnAtl April 10, 2025, 6:21pm 16

Previous discussion. Sounds like there might be hope.

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When is the switch to bootc + dnf5 expected?

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