Post AnT3omGHSEKhDaWffE by pro@mu.zaitcev.nu
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(DIR) Post #AnT3ok0xoCtOFVLPVo by bugaevc@floss.social
2024-10-28T10:53:14Z
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Imagine you come across a small but somewhat useful piece of software, written in C or C++, built using a typical buildsystem like Meson or straightforward Make. There aren't any unreasonable dependencies or version requirements either.Think something like scdoc.But, there's a Dockerfile in the repo (starting FROM an outdated ubuntu image, naturally), all the build instructions prominently recommend doing the build in Docker, ...1/3
(DIR) Post #AnT3ol7jgVu5gnWKhs by bugaevc@floss.social
2024-10-28T10:54:05Z
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...and all the usage instructions just as prominently recommend using a pre-built Docker image provided by them.Should you file a bug report, where all signs point to a rather obvious issue in their code, and happen to mention that you weren't in fact using Docker, but just built the software in the natural & straightforward way, the maintainers close the report, saying that non-Docker builds are unsupported, ...2/3
(DIR) Post #AnT3omGHSEKhDaWffE by pro@mu.zaitcev.nu
2024-10-28T14:25:02.733487Z
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@bugaevc I can see both sides of this debate. Does that "obvious issue" to which "all signs point" reproduce in their container?
(DIR) Post #AnT3oqt4FxjfZ2hhg0 by bugaevc@floss.social
2024-10-28T10:54:40Z
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since they don't have the capacity nor the desire to support the multitude of differing environments & distros.Finally, upon startup, the software checks to see if it's running inside Docker, and prints a loud & annoying warning about an unsupported configuration otherwise.3/3
(DIR) Post #AnUWLLb1hzsqotfbZA by virtulis@loud.computer
2024-10-28T11:14:21Z
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@bugaevc can you tell an old-fashioned eldritch horror story instead, this one is too scary