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Roadmap

Agama is a project under constant development and priorities are re-evaluated every few weeks. This page offers an overview on the current state of the ever-changing development plans.

Agama 12 (latest released version)​

  • New user interface based on PatternFly v6.
  • Revamped "Storage" section at the web user interface. Support for LVM is temporarily removed.
  • First version of a new "Authentication" section at the web user interface, replacing the previous "Users" one.
  • Better information about AutoYaST compatibility offered at runtime.
  • Improved handling of failed integrity checks for software packages.
  • Support to register against a SUSE Customer Center proxy.
  • Post-partitioning scripts.
  • Improvements at Agama-live (the default installation media).
    • Better configuration for the underlying IceWM.
    • Possibility to open xterm (ctrl+alt+t).
    • Disable power-saving and screensaver.

Agama 13 (~ March 21st)​

  • Ability to define the hostname.
  • Restore support for LVM at the "Storage" section of the user interface.
  • Allow to solve conflicts for patterns at the user interface.
  • Improvements in the i18n architecture.
  • Reorganize the commands config and profile at the command-line interface.
  • Enhancements on registration.
    • Support for extensions.
    • Handling of self-signed certificates for RMT and SCC proxy.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Support to select individual software packages (beyond patterns).
    • Support for AutoYaST/SUSE-specific URLs.
    • Automatically search for the configuration (profile) at same locations as AutoYaST.
    • New configuration section analogous to the <files /> AutoYaST element.

Agama 14 (~ April 21st)​

  • Welcome screen for local installation.
  • Deal with multiple real-time clocks.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Importing ask-lists from AutoYaST profiles (at least partially).
    • Defining MD RAIDs at the storage section.
    • Configuring DASD, zFCP and iSCSI.
    • Services management.
  • Enhancements at the command-line interface
    • Implement a monitor command.
    • Finish support to interact remotely.
    • Usability improvements.

Mid term plans (~ September)​

  • Ability to adjust some simple settings related to security.
  • Basic management of Kdump configuration.
  • Use Wayland instead of X11 at Agama-live (the default installation media).
  • Improvements in network configuration.
    • Usability fixes of the user interface.
    • Ability to configure DNS search domains per interface.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Configure connection to NFS shares.
    • Define multi-device Btrfs file systems and Btrfs subvolumes.
  • Re-evaluate some aspects of storage handling.
    • Support for GPT IDs (fstab-less systems).
    • Reconsider version of RAID metadata.
    • Support for LVM use of system/devices.
    • Better logic for automatically calculated file system sizes.
  • iSCSI offloading and better support for iBFT.

Long term plans (after September)​

  • Introduce the concept of security profiles.
  • Extend the "Storage" section of the user interface.
    • Management of MD RAID devices.
    • Advanced handling of Btrfs.
    • Option to re-install a system (equivalent to YaST's "import mount points").
  • Rewrite some components in Rust (instead of the current Ruby).
  • Improve integration with other tools.