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The v0.6.0 release of Spegel has been focused on increasing the test coverage and stability of Spegel first and foremost. Integration tests have been refactored and extended to ensure compatibility with both Containerd and Kubernetes. The work made it painfully aware that there was a lack of documentation about which versions are supported. This has been remedied with the expansion of the…
Summer has come and gone, so it has been a while since the last release of Spegel. This has given a lot of time for refactoring and general cleanup of tests and other functionality. A lot of this work is a requirement to implement more complicated features in the future. The v0.4.0 release still contains some changes that are worth highlighting, especially as it contains a deprecation which will…
Containerd v2.1.0 unlocks a major piece of the puzzle for Spegel. This release removes key limitations that previously held back development. A big part of the work in v0.3.0 has been making sure everything plays well with the new version. That meant refactoring internals and updating the end-to-end tests to run against it. It will take some time before this version makes its way into most cloud…
The focus of this release has been on cleaning up the codebase, increasing test coverage, and simplifying future extensions. A few minor, non-breaking bugs introduced in v0.1.0 have also been fixed. Beyond that, the two main improvements that matter to end users are: a new cleanup mechanism added to the Helm chart, and the introduction of prebuilt binary releases for Spegel. Cleanup of Mirror…
Spegel’s journey began with its first commit in February 2023, sparked by a curiosity about OCI and Containerd, along with a challenge to explore alternative image distribution methods. In the two years since, it has evolved into a valuable tool for everyone from homelab enthusiasts to multinational corporations. Seeing the GitHub stars climb has been rewarding, a clear indicator that adoption is…