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Yes this is probably the problem, and I think the maintainers do everything they can. I was not writing the post to criticise Alpine as I really like it, but p
by efiecho 8y ago
Yes this is probably the problem, and I think the maintainers do everything they can.
I was not writing the post to criticise Alpine as I really like it, but people need to take the missing security updates into consideration before they start to depend on Alpine for important things.
- techntoke 8y agoArch is another good option to consider that receives frequent updates. However, Alpine package contribution isn't that challenging; but I'd like to see more CI integrations to automate the heck out of package updates.
- efiecho 8y agoI often look at the wiki pages for Arch as they are really good, but I will not use systemd so Arch is not for me.
- shakna 8y agoSwitching Arch over to OpenRC isn't overly difficult. [0] (A package and a kernel parameter). Or there's the fork [1] where that is the default. [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenRC https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenRC [1] https://artixlinux.org/faq.php https://artixlinux.org/faq.php
- JdeBP 8y agoIn addition to the others mentioned, I shall mention Thomas Caravia's Archnosh. * http://repo.or.cz/archnosh.git http://repo.or.cz/archnosh.git
- sjellis 8y ago> I was not writing the post to criticise Alpine as I really like it, but people need to take the missing security updates into consideration before they start to depend on Alpine for important things. I tried Alpine Linux and was very impressed, but have always resisted using it for container images because they do not publish CVEs or seem to have much process around security.