Packages: containers supporting OCI, granular permissions, and anonymous downloads on GHAE (GA)

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Summary

This feature tracks the GA release of containers improvements to Packages on GHAE. GitHub Packages container support will be improved so you can more easily share containers in your organization, set granular access permissions, and anonymously access public container images. It will also implement the OCI standards for hosting Docker images.

Intended Outcome

Customers on GHAE have access to the latest update of GitHub Packages. GitHub Packages encourages inner-sourcing by sharing containers across the organization, allows for better enforcement of access policies, and supports anonymously downloading public container images. Additionally, GitHub Packages container support is optimized for sharing layers between images across the entire organization making it faster and more cost-efficient.

How will it work?

Packages on GHAE will align with the updates that rolled out on github.com. Customers will be migrated from current docker services.