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Package managers and containers are fairly different things. For internal distribution of software, for example, apt can be better (less disk usage, less config
by gjulianm 7y ago
Package managers and containers are fairly different things. For internal distribution of software, for example, apt can be better (less disk usage, less configuration issues, better integration with other programs...). Recommending one or the other in such a broad way is just misguided and will cause problems.
- onei 7y agoI also find myself reaching for apt/yum/dnf/apk for standard tools when creating a container rather than building everything from scratch. It seems odd to me to waste time doing what someone else does well already.
- techntoke 7y agoIf you trying building a package for Arch/Alpine you'll understand why I recommend it over APT/RPM. Also, caching is much easier with Arch/Alpine.