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by TheRealPomax 1338 days ago
When do things ever "just compile"? I assume the Docker image is because this is a pre-alpha and the docker image ensures that no one needs to go through hours of dependency/config hell because the docker image is set up with everything necessary already, letting you focus on alpha-testing this and reporting bugs.
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calvinmorrison 1338 days ago
typically I find CMake would do this, or Make, to verify dependencies.

Coupled with a packaging system, like debian gives you, this is all pretty straightforward.

I ran into this yesterday, and turns out I don't want to install docker just to build a program...

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TheRealPomax 1338 days ago
Right, but there are as many setups as there are potential users, so even if Debian works, that doesn't mean other linux flavours will work as easily, or flavours of BSDs, and then also Macs, and even WSL, or even just plain old Windows.

Having an "everyone gets the same thing, so no one wastes time on bootstrapping" solution is a perfect use-case for Docker. And then once the bugs have been found and fixed, and the code is production-ready, you can focus on documenting and scripting the setup procedures for the various operating systems.

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andirk 1337 days ago
As an aside, may I ask what people's opinion of running docker containers in prod is? The joke "But it works on my local--" "Then ship your local".
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francislavoie 1337 days ago
The big win of Docker for me is parity between dev and prod. I absolutely run on Docker in prod. It is not just a dev tool.
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tracker1 1337 days ago
Been using docker in prod for over 5 years now...
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badcppdev 1335 days ago
I don't understand. I thought you needed different docker files for different architecture? x64 vs M1 chips?
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TheRealPomax 1336 days ago
Except of course in this case that's not what you'd be doing. You'd be installing Docker to help beta-test a program, not "just build a program". If you want to help an open source project succeed, having to install Docker is kind of a trivial cost. If you want to use this... probably not a good idea, it's extremely not ready for general use =)
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gocartStatue 1337 days ago
Or Nix :)
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