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Re:Docker 19.03: Rootless Mode (Experimental) by paulddraper on Saturday July 27, 2019 @09:24PM (#20545319)
I read an article (can't find it now) that said from a previous project the Docker authors concluded they wanted a daemon so they didn't have to do things like file locks, etc. around image management.

Don't know if that accounts for the whole reason or not.

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Re:Docker 19.03: Rootless Mode (Experimental) by jhealy on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:40AM (#20547780)
Sounds like it might've been this article?

https://jpetazzo.github.io/2017/02/24/from-dotcloud-to-docke...?

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Re:Docker 19.03: Rootless Mode (Experimental) by jchw on Saturday July 27, 2019 @10:59PM (#20545610)
Oh yeah, I read that - surrounding the original authors at dotCloud about their experiences trying to do it in multiple processes IIRC. That said, it seems the problem may be somewhat solved at this point.
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Re:Docker 19.03: Rootless Mode (Experimental) by cyphar on Saturday July 27, 2019 @11:19PM (#20545666)
The reason boiled down to "it's easier to write a daemon to handle it all". But it's definitely not better than the alternative, nor is the alternative impossible.
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