On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 1:13 PM John Hanks <griz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From the perspective of the software being containerized, I'm even more > skeptical. In my world (bioinformatics) I install a lot of crappy software. > We're talking stuff resulting from "I read the first three days of 'learn > python in 21 days' and now I'm an expert, just run this after installing > these 17 things from pypi...and trust the output" I'm good friends with > crappy software, we hang out together a lot. To me it just doesn't feel like > making crappy software more portable is the *right* thing to do. When I walk > my dog, I follow him with a bag and "containerize" what drops out. It makes > it easier to carry around, but doesn't change what it is. As of today I see > the biggest benefit of containers as that they force a developer to actually > document the install procedure somewhere in a way that actually has to work > so we can see firsthand how ridiculous it is (*cough* tensorflow *cough*).
I vote this the single best explanation of containers I've heard all year... :) _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
