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Re: Docker and singularity containers
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Docker and singularity containers |
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Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:35:07 +0200 |
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Hello,
Pjotr Prins <address@hidden> skribis:
> I know this is not a priority right now for maintainers, but I think
> it would be really useful if we provide ready-made containers for
> certain packages. This will allow people who have the infrastructure
> to run containers to start using reproducible Guix builds. With that,
> I think there will be an increased interest in our technology.
FWIW at work people a colleague of mine got into Guix with the goal of
being able to run their software on a different cluster that has
Singularity but not Guix.
People interested in this might use Guix on their laptop just to build
Singularity images and view it as a tool to build bundles (which is of
course unsatisfactory but it’s a way to get started!).
> Maybe it is something to discuss at FOSDEM, but I wonder what it would
> take to have the build farm automatically provide Docker containers
> for marked packages and offer them through the web interface.
A while back we fantasized about the possibility of having a web service
that would produce “packs” of Guix packages on demand. That may allow
us to be #1 on HN for a couple of hours ;-), but it would also be quite
resource-hungry (and the service itself needs to be written to begin
with.) Such a service would have to use its own resources IMO, not
those of the build farm, which is already busy enough.
Ludo’.