Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it
by ajross on Saturday May 02, 2020 @03:44PM
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> IMO Docker and containers in general are deployment tools, not packaging systems
Obviously it sits at the boundary, but a "Dockerfile" is (at least when properly used) a recipe for reliably reproducing a specific version of software packaged in a format that can be deployed to all sorts of systems with absolutely minimal dependence on host configuration.
That's what people who want a "mission critical Snap" almost certainly want.
Obviously it sits at the boundary, but a "Dockerfile" is (at least when properly used) a recipe for reliably reproducing a specific version of software packaged in a format that can be deployed to all sorts of systems with absolutely minimal dependence on host configuration.
That's what people who want a "mission critical Snap" almost certainly want.