On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 11:20 -0500, Prentice Bisbal via Beowulf wrote: > On 12/3/18 2:44 PM, Michael Di Domenico wrote: > > 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... :) > > _______________________________________________ > > I send that motion. All in favor say "aye". > > -- > > Prentice > > >
Aye! -- -- Tony Albers Systems Architect Systems Director, National Cultural Heritage Cluster Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: +45 2566 2383 / +45 8946 2316 _______________________________________________ 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
