On Thursday, March 12, 2015 07:36:18 PM Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Dennis Gilmore
<dennis(a)ausil.us> wrote:
>
>
>> On Friday, March 06, 2015 07:32:21 AM Stef Walter wrote:
>>
>>> On 05.03.2015 15:13, Václav Pavlín wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am not sure if that was intentional or not but to be sure, I'd like
>>> to
>>> bring up this dependency "issue":
>>>
>>> We've tried to install minimal Fedora with KS where in %packages was
>>> just @core. This installed
>>>
>>> fedora-release-server -> cockpit -> cockpit-docker -> docker(-io)
>>>
>>> I understand why Cockpit is installed by default but I don't think
>>> docker should be part of such minimal install..
>>>
>>> My proposal would be to change the dependency so that
>>> fedora-release-server
>>>
>>>
>>> Requires: cockpit
>>>
>>>
>>> docker-io
>>>
>>>
>>> Requires: cockpit-docker
>>>
>>>
>>> This would mean non-existent Containers page in Cockpit in minimal
>>> install which would magically appear when the user installs docker.
>>
>>
>> It is indeed up to the Fedora Server WG which features (and packages)
>> Fedora Server has installed by default.
>>
>> In Cockpit we will try and respect that, and indeed it is incorrect for
>> Cockpit to be dragging in large features via dependencies.
>>
>> A few notes:
>>
>> * It seems like docker is (becoming?) a staple feature of a modern
>>
>> server, much like sendmail would have been a decade ago.
>>
>>
>> * Based on user feedback, the Containers page is the most used feature
>>
>> of Cockpit.
>>
>>
>> * docker is only available on x86_64 ... ditto for cockpit-docker
>
> Not true, docker is available and works on arm. there is also no reason
> why
i686 can not be supported also.
>
Last I heard, docker was not supported on i686 upstream and there were known
issues with it. Has that changed?
docker upstream doesn't support arm either, it is not stopping us from doing
so. Upstream lives in an unrealistic world of only x86_64 it is just one of
the many problems with docker. Does not mean we have to. our view is a bit
more realistic.
Dennis