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Re:Breaking up the Container Monolith by JimDabell on Sunday August 27, 2017 @08:17AM (#15110438)
> They complain about Dockerfiles and have a broken link to some project with 288 commits, without even acknowledging that a Dockerfile isn't needed to build a docker image.

They literally say that a Dockerfile isn't necessary in the same sentence as the broken link you mention:

> This brings us to Buildah, which is an open source tool for building containers without using Dockerfile at all.

What's the significance of the number of commits?

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Re:Breaking up the Container Monolith by e_d_e_v on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:44PM (#15188800)
> They literally say that a Dockerfile isn't necessary in the same sentence as the broken link you mention.

They say "It has been four years and we still have to use Dockerfile, which is a horrible version of bash." They say "we still have to use Dockerfile". They _never_ _had_ to use Dockerfile.

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