Incus 7.0 LTS released

Version7.0 of the Incus container andvirtual-machine management system has been released. Notable changes in thisrelease include the inclusion of a low-level backup API, the additionof basic S3 operations directly in Incus to replace the now-unmaintainedMinIO project, as well as the removal of support forcgroups v1 and xtables (iptables/ip6tables/ebtables). This is along-term-support (LTS) release, with support through June 2031.

The first 2 years will feature bug and security fixes as well as minorusability improvements, delivered through occasional point releases(7.0.x). After that initial two years, Incus 7.0 LTS will move to security onlymaintenance for the remaining of its 5 years of support.

A total of 204 individuals contributed to Incus between the 6.0 LTS and 7.0LTS releases with 45 contributing between the 6.23 and 7.0 LTS releases.