Re: [atomic-devel] [PATCH] manifest: Add 'file'

[Dusty Mabe <dustymabe gmail com>]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 04:56:03PM -0500, Joe Brockmeier wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 04:47 PM, Dusty Mabe wrote:
> > I like file and use it a lot. That being said I don't know if I should
> > really have a say in the matter.
> 
> How are you picturing use here?
> 
> Would `file` be something that would be needed if you're deploying
> containers in a typical environment?

I just use it in normal everyday workflow. I don't think it's
necessarily something that has to be on an atomic host (and for that
reason maybe it shouldn't be there at all). 

> 
> > Another tool I use a lot is "which"... but where do we draw the line.
> > It always gets hard when you are trying to make a minimal OS. That is
> > why I think [1] will be an important feature to add sooner than later.
> 
> It's worth a discussion, but I would also wonder if that's something
> that actually belongs in an Atomic Host vs. "I do docker image
> development on my Fedora workstation"?

Again. Not critical.

I think the problem is opinions will differ on this. It might be worth
stating some guidelines for what is and what is not in atomic because
we will have this discussion a lot if we don't.

Dusty