Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger

Re:Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger by swiley on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:00PM (#22186964)

I write a decent amount of python on alpine, in general I stick to the standard library and occasionally something like pyserial, sqlite, or numpy for specific things. IMO this attitude of pulling in dozens of packages with pip is pretty dangerous, I don’t care which language you’re using.

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Re:Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger by kryptn on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:12PM (#22187054)

What's the alternative?

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Re:Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger by swiley on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:14PM (#22187076)

Removing features, moving them into micro services, and sometimes writing a class or two yourself.

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Re:Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger by kryptn on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:36PM (#22187245)

That just sounds like distributing the dependencies. You'll still install them all, just not in the same spot.

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