On 2021/02/18 22:24:04, Josh Innis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The AGE community is asking us to support more containers than just Docker,
> see https://github.com/apache/incubator-age/issues/24. Additionally, upon
> review of our Docker images they are in need of being updated.
>
> The Docker images still refer to AgensGraph-Extension. This is due to these
> images being set up before our official acceptance to the Apache incubator
> and the official name change to Apache AGE (A Graph Extension).
> Furthermore, these images refer to the master branch of AGE, so these are
> pointing to development work instead of any official release. Personally, I
> believe that should be altered, but please let us know what you think.
>
> Moving on to the github issue: Some of our community is unable to use
> Docker and is requesting us to support LXC/Snap and/or Kata. For a brief
> summary of all these technologies, please refer to the links below.
>
> LXC:
> https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/introduction/
>
> Snap:
> https://snapcraft.io/about
>
> A forum discussing Snap:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/808524/whats-the-main-difference-between-docker-and-snap
>
> Kata Official Site:
> https://katacontainers.io/
>
> A Good Discussion on Kata:
> https://platform9.com/blog/kata-containers-docker-and-kubernetes-how-they-all-fit-together/
>
> Personally, some of the questions I have on the subject before going
> forward on providing support for this is: AGE is an extension of Postgres,
> so should our containers include Postgres in them to avoid dependencies.
> Furthermore, would that affect users' ability to use other extensions, such
> as TimeScaleDB, in these environments?
>
> Thanks.
>
>We requested to have a space on Apache docker hub. Once we have a space on
>that docker hub we can have official Apache AGE images over there.
Thank you!!
