FS#60759 - [archlinux-docker] Difficult to find Dockerfile for archlinux/base

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Luke Shumaker (lukeshu) - Friday, 09 November 2018, 23:34 GMT
Last edited by David Runge (dvzrv) - Thursday, 30 July 2020, 09:43 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Other
Status Closed
Assigned To Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

It is my understanding that `archlinux/base`" <https://hub.docker.com/r/archlinux/base/> is Arch Linux's official Docker image.
It is also my understanding that `archlinux/base` is built from <https://github.com/archlinux/archlinux-docker/>.

There is very little information on the Docker Hub page, and I think that more information should be added. Questions that I, as a user, think should be answered on the Docker Hub page:

- Is this the official image of Arch Linux?
- Where can I review the Dockerfile (and associated assets) that created this? (The GitHub page links to the Docker Hub page, but not the other way around)

Some notes about answering those:

- Some images (like `fedora` <https://hub.docker.com/r/library/fedora/>) are marked "official". It would be nice if `archlinux/base` were to be marked official, especially given the "competing" `base/archlinux` image that also shows up in search.
- Some images (like `jwilder/nginx-proxy` <https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy/>) have a "Dockerfile" tab where you can view the Dockerfile right there in-browser.
- Some images (like `jwilder/nginx-proxy` <https://hub.docker.com/r/jwilder/nginx-proxy/>) have a "Source Repository" infobox on the right with a link to the Git repository.

I'm not terribly familiar with authoring to Docker Hub, so I'm not sure what's required to make use of any of those 3 features.
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Closed by  David Runge (dvzrv)
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 09:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  https://hub.docker.com/_/archlinux
Comment by Caleb Maclennan (alerque) - Friday, 17 April 2020, 18:46 GMT
The official image is here: https://hub.docker.com/_/archlinux

The one you've mentioned is an intermediate generated by Arch folks and used by Docker to create the image that is marked official.
Comment by Luke Shumaker (lukeshu) - Monday, 22 June 2020, 09:27 GMT
I do not believe that https://hub.docker.com/_/archlinux existed when I filed this ticket (if I'm interpreting the Git history correctly, it was created in February 2019). I believe it addresses all of the concerns in the ticket.

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