[pkg-go] Intent to add some container tools to Debian

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Thursday, 1 November 2018 1:53:30 AM AEDT Shengjing Zhu wrote:
> IMHO, the container ecosystem in Debian is not healthy...

Hey, I feel offended... "docker.io" and "rkt" are quite healthy so what do 
you mean, specifically?


> It needs to
> package *a lot of* dependencies and a lot of work! I don't expect you
> can finish them very soon...

Last time I checked (some weeks ago) "libpod" needed about 12 direct 
dependencies to package (and unknown number of indirect dependencies).

However libpod and its dependencies were unversioned -- which is a definite 
sign of immaturity or lack of upstream competence. :(

IMHO unless situation improves "libpod" will be very difficult to maintain 
(just like Docker)...


> But we do need more container related tools to be packaged!

Maybe... Or perhaps we need to well maintain (only) a few worthy ones...

-- 
Regards,
 Dmitry Smirnov.

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