From 397e2df9fa91d64d8d9766cbc12a3baff5b4f0a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Jellick Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:03:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md (#3066) --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d33ce1d..5ab9c1dc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +# Development and Maintenance Status +> RancherOS 1.x is no longer being actively maintained. There are two significant reasons behind this product decision: +1. **Docker** - The current industry requirements for a container runtime are very much evolving. Container runtimes like containerd and CRIO are now being actively considered as the default choice. RancherOS 1.x, which was specifically designed around using Docker engine only, unfortunately does not lend itself, in its current design, to this new evolving requirement. +2. **ISV Support** - RancherOS was specifically designed as a minimalistic OS to support purpose-built containerized applications. It was not designed to be used as a general purpose OS (such as CentOS or Ubuntu). As such, most ISVs have not certified their software to run on RancherOS, nor does RancherOS even contain the necessary components for many of these applications to run. + +We're working on a replacement. Stay tuned! + # RancherOS [![Build Status](https://drone-pr.rancher.io/api/badges/rancher/os/status.svg?branch=master)](https://drone-pr.rancher.io/rancher/os)