Hello Buildpacks community. We’d like to share some updates from the past month.  

Releases

• Lifecycle v0.13.4
• Github-Actions v4.6.0
• Pack v0.24.0
• Project Descriptor 0.2

RFCs

• Final Comment Period for PR #204: Use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to configure image create time
• Final Comment Period for PR #194: Add image history metadata
• Finalized RFC-0101: System Buildpacks in Builder Images
• Finalized RFC-0100: Replace positional args to Buildpack executables with env vars
• Finalized RFC-0099: Migrate to CNCF Slack

Team

• Congratulations to our newest Learning team contributor Forest Eckhardt!
• Congratulations to our newest Distribution team contributor Josh Lewis!

Resources

• [blog] The Java Genie in your Cloud Native Buildpack by Cora Iberkleid
• [video] Dockerfiles vs Cloud Native Buildpacks with Whitney Lee
• [blog] Building Docker Images with Buildpacks by Bert Temme