Will the -aot base images (runtime-deps) exit preview status with .net10.0

[dlosch]

The -aot base images are still marked as a preview feature. They are only in the dotnet/nightly (which is fine for me). But for the .net10.0 preview images, there are no -aot.

Two questions: a) will they exit preview status once .net10.0 is released and b) is it much more effort for the .net10.0 preview images to also include the -aot flavor (and at which beta or release candidate stage will the -aot base images be in nightly)?

It's not too difficult for me to use the -extra instead of -aot but I have a condition based on InvariantGlobalization setting in my projects and I always get confused why for half of my services the base image is missing even from the nightly.

(Otherwise lovin aot.)

Thanks.

[lbussell]

Hi @dlosch, please see #5020. In short, yes, we plan to have officially supported AOT images in .NET 10. It is currently missing from .NET 10 because I am working on the new images. They will most likely be ready in Preview 2 or 3. You can watch the issue for further updates.