Re: [PATCH v5 14/14] gitlab-ci: do not use qemu-project Docker registry

[Alessandro Di Federico]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:37:21 +0100
Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:

> We have either one or two images.  If this is a new user fork,
> we only have the $COMMON_TAG image in the main QEMU registry.
> If this is a existing fork, we might have two images, one in
> the main QEMU registry and one in the user's fork registry.
> Both of the images are to be used as a cache source, with
> the container tools figuring out which has matching image
> layers, if any.
>
> This proposed change makes TAG and COMMON_TAG identical
> which means we loose inheritance from the main QEMU
> registry, which almost always has suitable cached content.

I understand. This patch was aimed at pointing out a problem more than
offering a proper solution.

I'll try and take a look at how to do this right, but I think this
outside the scope of this patchset (and my area of expertise).

-- 
Alessandro Di Federico
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