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You don't need Docker to make a standard build environment. You don't need "chroot on steroids", you just need chroot.
by catern 11y ago
You don't need Docker to make a standard build environment. You don't need "chroot on steroids", you just need chroot.
- rmgraham 11y agoI've found docker to be "chroot with all your custom fs layouts and custom mount scripts combined" - in other words a much more convenient chroot.
- Nyetan 11y agoI certainly could (and actually hadn't thought of doing that; the hype was really getting to me)! Part of the difficulty is in fixing the setup process, though, as over the years this system seems to have accrued a fair amount of -- shall we say -- character. Jumping in and fixing it up to the point of making environment setup a short, portable and error-free process (such as (1) pull a vm image (2) feed it a commit hash to build, test and deploy) would optimistically take weeks. This drove my desire to short circuit the entire affair and stick it all into a VM. That's what I was alluding to vis. proper solutions :)