* Juju:

  * Add Kubernetes 1.6 support to Juju charms ([#44500](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44500), [@Cynerva](https://github.com/Cynerva))

    * Add metric collection to charms for autoscaling

    * Update kubernetes-e2e charm to fail when test suite fails

    * Update Juju charms to use snaps

    * Add registry action to the kubernetes-worker charm

* Splits Juju Charm layers into master/worker roles ([#40324](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40324), [@chuckbutler](https://github.com/chuckbutler))
    * Adds support for 1.5.x series of Kubernetes
    * Introduces a tactic for keeping templates in sync with upstream eliminating template drift
    * Adds CNI support to the Juju Charms
    * Adds durable storage support to the Juju Charms

- Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) series has been added to Juju charms ([#65644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/65644), [@tvansteenburgh](https://github.com/tvansteenburgh))

 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Chars {
  private Chars() {}

  /**
   * The number of bytes required to represent a primitive {@code char} value.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@link Character#BYTES} instead.
   */

# Table of Contents

- [Updating charts and values.yaml](#updating-charts-and-valuesyaml)
    - [Acceptable Pull Requests](#acceptable-pull-requests)
    - [Making changes](#making-changes)
    - [Value deprecation](#value-deprecation)

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# Updating charts and values.yaml

## Acceptable Pull Requests

* Set default snap channel on charms to 1.7 stable ([#48874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48874), [@ktsakalozos](https://github.com/ktsakalozos))
* prevent unsetting of nonexistent previous port in kubeapi-load-balancer charm ([#49033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49033), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Chars {
  private Chars() {}

  /**
   * The number of bytes required to represent a primitive {@code char} value.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@link Character#BYTES} instead.
   */

The operator code uses the new Helm charts in the [istio/manifests/charts](../manifests/charts/istio-operator). It is not
compatible with the older charts in [istio/istio](https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/1.4.7/install/kubernetes/helm).
See `istio/manifests/charts` for details about the new charts and why they were created. Briefly, the new charts

    - object-storage
    - s3
    - cluster
    maintainers:
    - email: ******@****.***
      name: MinIO, Inc
    name: minio
    sources:
    - https://github.com/minio/minio
    urls:
    - https://charts.min.io/helm-releases/minio-5.3.0.tgz
    version: 5.3.0
  - apiVersion: v1
    appVersion: RELEASE.2024-04-18T19-09-19Z
    created: "2024-10-11T14:15:09.7894529+02:00"
    description: High Performance Object Storage

*   Add support for RBAC ([#53820](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53820),[ @ktsakalozos](https://github.com/ktsakalozos))