At this late stage (Buster has already been out for well over a month) we've had to reconsider and are currently pushing ahead with monolithic builds for v16.0.
We certainly aren't taking containerisation off the table, but we've decided that having a Buster base would be the required first step either way. Leaving our current users completely behind is not really an option... So even if we were to containerise everything, we still need a base for the users who run standalone servers, bare metal and local VMs, etc. Ideally I'd also like to be able to provide some upgrade path for existing users who would be open to containerising.
So the plan at this point goes something like this: Buster based Core ASAP (as per previous releases, probably an RC initially; which I'd like to think I'm pretty close to, although having said that, I've been saying that internally for a few weeks now...). Then update the rest of the library to Buster base. Then start to actively work on a container based release in parallel (not yet sure whether we'll just call it v17.0; or something else). Initially we'll likely focus on a few specific applications, but the grand plan would be to containerise all the applications, although we may well still continue to offer some monolithic appliances.
Hi Amaury
At this late stage (Buster has already been out for well over a month) we've had to reconsider and are currently pushing ahead with monolithic builds for v16.0.
We certainly aren't taking containerisation off the table, but we've decided that having a Buster base would be the required first step either way. Leaving our current users completely behind is not really an option... So even if we were to containerise everything, we still need a base for the users who run standalone servers, bare metal and local VMs, etc. Ideally I'd also like to be able to provide some upgrade path for existing users who would be open to containerising.
So the plan at this point goes something like this: Buster based Core ASAP (as per previous releases, probably an RC initially; which I'd like to think I'm pretty close to, although having said that, I've been saying that internally for a few weeks now...). Then update the rest of the library to Buster base. Then start to actively work on a container based release in parallel (not yet sure whether we'll just call it v17.0; or something else). Initially we'll likely focus on a few specific applications, but the grand plan would be to containerise all the applications, although we may well still continue to offer some monolithic appliances.