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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. 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.
