[Buildroot] [RFC] rename docker-containerd package to containerd?

Christian Stewart christian at paral.in
Wed Apr 7 20:16:58 UTC 2021


Arnout,

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 11:39 AM Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:

>  Hi Christian,
>
>  Not much reaction to this RFC :-)
>
> On 12/03/2021 22:00, Christian Stewart wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > When introduced, the docker-containerd package was associated with
> > Docker Engine.
> >
> > Now, the project is independent and called simply "containerd."
> >
> > https://github.com/containerd/containerd
> >
> > Is it worthwhile / standard practice to rename the Buildroot package
> > to "containerd"? The package is already independent from Docker.
>
>  It's done occasionally, there's no real rule for it. Personally I don't
> like
> renames too much, because it makes upgrading buildroot harder (though the
> legacy
> handling usually covers it pretty well). It also makes backporting patches
> more
> difficult, and also consulting history.
>
>  If you look at Config.in.legacy ("git log -G '[Rr]enamed'
> Config.in.legacy"),
> you'll see that for most renames there was a reason. For example, cegui06
> was
> renamed because it was no longer version 6. The rename of rcw -> qoriq-rcw
> was
> contributed by someone from NXP (i.e., the chip vendor behind qoriq) so
> that
> also carries a bit more clout.
>
>  That said, feel free to do this rename if you think it improved things.
> Since
> there's only a single package that depends on it, it shouldn't be too hard
> to do
> the rename.
>

I'd rather do the rename now than wait until we have lots of dependencies
for it. Containerd is increasingly being used in non docker contexts like
Kubernetes and nerdctl, and should be similarly disassociated with docker
in the Buildroot naming.

Will submit a patch series for it.

Best,
Christian
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