[Base] Terminology for docker/atomic images

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Thu Sep 11 19:38:30 UTC 2014


On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 05:48:33PM +0200, Václav Pavlín wrote:
> I agree with Colin - Docker Base Image is what we should use when
> talking about Docker images which are then used in Docker Layered
> Images as a base layer on top of which you can build. Please don't

Yeah, after thinking about it I agree with this. People will just have to
get used to the idea that "image" means a lot of things, if they aren't
already. 

> If you are in context of Docker you can safely use Base Image and
> Layered Image. If you talk in general, adding "Docker" will bring
> you to the right "namespace".

Just to throw a wrinkle in things, when we're talking in the wide world of
Docker where it's not all Fedora (weird, right?) it's probably the "Fedora
Base Image" -- or _maybe_ the "Fedora Docker Base Image".

> Do we need a documentation of this somewhere on Fedora Wiki?

Yes!

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader


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