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One could do worse than using (more) stable distribution for their base images. 20.10 is not a LTS, so it's more likely to get semi-spurious updates than a LTS
by mfontani 6y ago
One could do worse than using (more) stable distribution for their base images.
20.10 is not a LTS, so it's more likely to get semi-spurious updates than a LTS version like 20.04 or, say, debian stable.
For most of my non-alpine-based images, I use debian:buster-slim as base, as it's got a fairly stable base and gets quite routinely updated:
$ docker run --rm -it debian:buster-slim bash -c "apt update >dev/null 2>&1 && apt upgrade"
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
- pella 6y ago> I use debian:buster-slim as base this image has been upgraded "39 hours ago".. so you have to check 1-2 month later debian buster-slim f49666103347 39 hours ago 69.2MB
- mfontani 6y agoThat's part of my point ;) It's updated very often. I check for base image updates every day, and it's one of the most oft-updated ones -- hence my preference for using it as "the" base of all others.
- TimWolla 6y agoMonthly typically (and when important security updates are released): https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3Alibrary%2Fdebian+is%3Aclosed https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pulls?q=is...