Flux Maturity, Feature, and Contrib Update

Improvements made to Flux CD's support for Git and other source control systems

• Improved support for Git packages, making it easier to contribute
• Refactored spaghetti code into a more organized structure
• Improved support for DevOps Azure DevOps and Git, and AWS CodeCommit
• Improved clone speeds and reduced CPU and memory usage
• PR out to enable GoGet for Azure DevOps and CodeCommit
• Formalized RFC process for feature requests

The speaker mentioned that they had been working on improving Flux CD's support for Git over the past few months, including refactoring spaghetti code into a more organized structure. They also mentioned improvements to support for DevOps Azure DevOps and Git, and AWS CodeCommit, as well as improved clone speeds and reduced CPU and memory usage. The speaker also mentioned a PR out to enable GoGet for Azure DevOps and CodeCommit, and a formalized RFC process for feature requests.

Join Flux Maintainers for this informative session on important updates! We will share what we've done to make it easier to contribute to Flux, where Flux is at in terms of maturity, and where Flux features are at, both old and new. The contribution update will preview what you can expect for Flux's participation in the KubeCon contribfest, and invite everyone to contribute at whatever level they are able. Flux maturity update will give a high level of Flux's production readiness for different use cases. Including security topics such as multi-tenancy threat modeling, where Flux helps mitigate security issues/concerns, recommended deployment models, and so on. We will end with a recap of key features landed in the last 6 months, and encourage users to upgrade to make use of both tried and true as well as the latest features.