[lldb-dev] Docker Containers on Dockerhub for Releases

[Gerald Wiltse via lldb-dev]

I just followed this effort which seems very useful for developers building
LLVM.

https://reviews.llvm.org/D34197

This email is to recommend that the LLVM team publish "official images" of
compiled LLVM and Clang similar to what the GCC team has done for users of
LLVM:

https://hub.docker.com/_/gcc/

This docker image has over 1 million pulls and hundreds of stars, a good
indicator that if you build it, it will have tremendous value to users who
need to just compile with it.   Information about how to enroll and publish
"official images" can be found here:

https://github.com/docker-library/official-images

The most significant use case for such official images is CI.  Travis CI
only has very old releases of most compilers, and so users often have to
spend 15 lines of Travis recipe to get the latest versions installed, while
the actual task of compiling can typically done in 1 line.


Gerald R. Wiltse
jerrywiltse at gmail.com
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