Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] support generation of sdk container images

[Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>]

Please do not make my voice count too much, the moment i see "docker" i
go "strong reject". A reflex i can not help ... maybe its valuable and
i am too much blinded by stereotypes.

Henning

Am Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:56:59 +0100
schrieb "[ext] Silvano Cirujano Cuesta"
<silvano.cirujano-cuesta@siemens.com>:

> I wonder how to interpret the current feelings about this proposal:
> 
>   * There's no interest at all.
> 
>   * I haven't succeed on raising enough interest. In that case I'd
> need more input from people who see the demand for this functionality
> to better understand what's missing in my proposal.
> 
>   * There's interest, but I should update the patch according the
> comments up-to-now before I send a 1st patch series proposal (or a
> 2nd RFC).
> 
> I'd appreciate any feedback. The more decision power the person
> giving the feedback, the more valuable it is for me :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>   Silvano
> 
> 
> On 12/01/2021 11:33, [ext] Silvano Cirujano Cuesta wrote:
> > This patch series adds to the SDK generation (task `populate_sdk`)
> > the possibility of generating container images containing the SDK in
> > different formats (multiple formats can be generated at once).
> >
> > Up-to-now the task `populate_sdk` generates the sdk root filesystem
> > (in both as a file tree and in a tarball) that can be chrooted to.
> > The same root filesystem can be easily distributed as a container
> > image and started as a container.
> >
> > It's even possible extracting the root filesystem from a container
> > image, using the container image format only as a sort of packaging
> > system for easy distribution.
> >
> > More information about its usage is documented in the file
> > docs/user_manual.md.
> >
> > Typical container image management actions (e.g. push an image to a
> > container image regitry) are out of scope. Available tools (Docker,
> > Skopeo, Buildah, Podman,...) should be used for these actions.
> >
> > Silvano Cirujano Cuesta (2):
> >   sdk: support creation of container image
> >   docs: document usage of sdk container images
> >
> >  doc/user_manual.md                       | 70 +++++++++++++++++
> >  meta/classes/image-sdk-extension.bbclass | 99
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 7
> > deletions(-) 
>