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Re:Docker update ToS: Image retention limits imposed on free... by dguest on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:44AM (#24144557)
I couldn't agree more. The defense of images over instructions to build them has often been "scientists don't work this way", but to me that's either overly cynical or an indication that something is rotting in academic incentive structures.
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Re:Docker update ToS: Image retention limits imposed on free... by eat_veggies on Thursday August 13, 2020 @01:01PM (#24145521)
You could say the same about distributing docker images for deploying code for non-scientific software as well (and honestly, it may very well be true).

But that doesn't change the fact that it's just way easier to skim a paper and pull a docker image than follow every paper's custom build instructions and software stack.

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Re:Docker update ToS: Image retention limits imposed on free... by quotemstr on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:47PM (#24148826)
Why would build instructions have to be custom? Making a reproducible image should be as easy as getting a docker image
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Re:Docker update ToS: Image retention limits imposed on free... by CameronNemo on Thursday August 13, 2020 @12:19PM (#24145002)
> rotting

I would not say rotting. From my perspective, the academic community has always lagged behind engineering best practices (except in their specific fields).

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