Personally, I don't think sealing dependencies to certain versions is the best idea, while Docker can be a very valuable addition to a data scientist's toolbox.

Personally, I don't think sealing dependencies to certain versions is the best idea, while Docker can be a very valuable addition to a data scientist's toolbox. Reproducibility, just like integration, deployment, and delivery, should be a continuous process. For data scientists who write workflows as R Markdown documents and want to containerize them, you might want to check out our R package liftr: https://liftr.me/ https://liftr.me/.