On 11 Feb 2016 10:07 am, "Antti Kantee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 11/02/16 17:41, Martin Lucina wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 11.02.2016 at 18:26, Martin Lucina wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 11.02.2016 at 17:00, Antti Kantee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 11/02/16 15:07, Martin Lucina wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to announce 'unikernel-runner', which provides a base image
you
>>>>> can use to build and run rumprun unikernels as Docker containers:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did you consider some less generic name than 'unikernel-runner'?  I
don't
>>>> think the name is reflective of a Docker-specific way to run
unikernels.  It
>>>> will probably end up screwing both those who don't want to use Docker
and
>>>> those who do want to use it.  Reconsidering the name is of course just
a
>>>> suggestion; what you decide outside of rumpkernel.org is up to you.
>>>
>>>
>>> The repo name follows the Docker image name, so it's not confusing when
>>> used in context as "FROM xxxx/unikernel-runner" in a Dockerfile. Having
>>> said that, I'm happy to rename the repo to "docker-unikernel-runner" if
you
>>> think it'll be less confusing.
>>
>>
>> Github transparently redirects to the new name, so I've renamed the
>> repository to 'docker-unikernel-runner', better sooner than later. Thanks
>> for pointing it out.
>
>
> I would've simplified that as "unikernel-docker", which to me conveys the
same info.  That said, I don't know if Docker has restrictions on how one
is allowed to use the word "docker", or how that would look like in a
Dockerfile.  It's actually a bit weird if the common idiom is to not
include "docker" in docker-specific projects.
>
> In any case, now the name is much more reflective of the purpose of the
tool, and at least in my subjective opinion an improvement.
>

The github name does not have to be the same as the docker hub name, which
can reasonably omit docker....

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