Based on the details regarding Debian and Ubuntu's poor maintenance of JDK packages, I'd support using a different distro like CentOS. That certainly pushes myself away from defaulting to ubuntu or debian for Java Docker images.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:23 PM Baptiste Mathus <m...@batmat.net> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > We had a discussion at the regular Platform SIG meeting, and we thought we > would socialize this idea/subject with a larger group of people. > > Many events or issues have recently collided that led many us to question > the Docker image variants that the Jenkins Project provides, especially the > base images that these are based on. > Currently, we provide 3 variants, all are based on openjdk's provided > images > * Debian based > * Debian Slim based (https://hub.docker.com/_/debian/#debiansuite-slim) > * Alpine based > > Given a few recent events around Debian or Ubuntu JDK [1], we started > thinking it might be good to switch to a different base image. > (The situation around the JDK support is BTW even worse for Alpine. Which > led to switching Evergreen already [2]). > > So we have started thinking CentOS would seem like a good alternative > choice, given how central Java is to this platform in general. > In this regard, going to Fedora could probably be a possibility too. > > We are really interested in hearing your opinions around this. Please > voice your concerns, if any. > If you think this sounds like a sensible move, please don't hesitate to > let us know either :). > > Thanks! > > -- Baptiste > > [1] Summary of the recent JDK issues in Debian and Ubuntu > <https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-55547?focusedCommentId=358441&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-358441> > [2] The ticket for switching Evergreen to CentOS, already done > https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-55547 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS7kdR1cqVaKsU7A4wOvyGWYyUrUKjAbtMCP6QC5oHpEjQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS7kdR1cqVaKsU7A4wOvyGWYyUrUKjAbtMCP6QC5oHpEjQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Sicker Software Engineer, CloudBees -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAEot4ow9m40A_zzX%3Dfxk7KT9GJiHVRnKshXSZMCRnVPpBDvW9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
