annual-report-2024.md

2024 Annual Report: SIG CLI

Current initiatives and Project Health

1. What work did the SIG do this year that should be highlighted?

• Custom profiling support in kubectl debug is promoted to GA
• Interactive delete in kubectl delete is promoted to GA
• Transition from SPDY to Websockets is promoted to beta
• kuberc alpha phase implementation is started and reviewed extensively
• Removing kustomize from kubectl is discussed and rejected
• Krew has 286 plugins
• Kustomize new releases (latest one v5.6.0 as of now)

2. Are there any areas and/or subprojects that your group needs help with (e.g. fewer than 2 active OWNERS)?

• Kui project seems to be not actively maintained

3. Did you have community-wide updates in 2024 (e.g. KubeCon talks)?

• KubeCon Europe 2024
• KubeCon North America 2024

4. KEP work in 2024 (v1.30, v1.31, v1.32):

• Stable
  • 1441 - kubectl debug - v1.30
  • 3638 - Improve kubectl plugin resolution for non-shadowing subcommands - v1.30
  • 3805 - Kubectl Server-Side Apply by default - v1.32
  • 3895 - Interactive(-i) flag to kubectl delete for user confirmation - v1.30
  • 4292 - Custom profiling support in kubectl debug command - 1.32

Subprojects

Continuing:

• cli-experimental
• cli-sdk
• cli-utils
• krew
• krew-index
• krm-functions
• kubectl
• kubectl-validate
• kui
• kustomize

Working groups

Operational

Operational tasks in sig-governance.md:

• README.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
• CONTRIBUTING.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
• Other contributing docs (e.g. in devel dir or contributor guide) reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
• Subprojects list and linked OWNERS files in sigs.yaml reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
• SIG leaders (chairs, tech leads, and subproject leads) in sigs.yaml are accurate and active, and updated if needed
• Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from README.md and updated/uploaded if needed