Subj : Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : acn
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Apr 20 2023 20:08:00

-=> acn wrote to Gamgee <=-

 ac> [Docker]
 G> Excellent explanation, thank you; and that actually makes good
 G> sense..... if you're a developer.  Perhaps I should have added that to
 G> my statement above about it not making sense (for a "normal" user).

 ac> I just have to add that although Docker (and other similar
 ac> container systems) is good for developing software, it might not
 ac> be the best idea for serving applications "in production".
 ac> At least from the standpoint of a systems administrator...

 ac> My reason is:
 ac> When using "normal" distributions (like Debian/Devuan), all
 ac> dependencies are managed by the distributions' package management
 ac> system and thus get updated in a central way.

 ac> But with containers, you have to rely on the base containers to
 ac> be on the latest version (or: on the version without security
 ac> problems) and (as sometimes also the container with the
 ac> application also contains libraries) also the application
 ac> container.

Great points, which add emphasis to not being real useful (or worth the 
effort) for non-developer folks.  At least that's how I see it.



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