Re: packaging lilypond as a docker container?

[Michael Käppler]

Would be happy to try the Dockerfile, since I've never used Docker
before and find
the concept interesting.
Could you push your changes to your LilyDev fork and/or file a pull
request against
Federico's repo?

Cheers,
Michael

Am 21.01.2020 um 16:47 schrieb Dan Eble:
> On Jan 20, 2020, at 18:21, Karlin High <address@hidden> wrote:
> > There already is a LilyDev Docker image.
> >
> > <https://github.com/fedelibre/LilyDev/tree/master/docker>
> >
> > I tried it once, but was unable to get it working. It was my first and only 
> > experience with Docker, so that's probably my fault. I was also unmotivated to 
> > persevere . . .
> I'm the original author and de-facto maintainer of that Dockerfile.  I assume 
> I'm also the sole user, based on the lack of questions about it.
>
> My experience is that it's more stable than VirtualBox, and I can more easily 
> keep my source backed up (because it's in my host filesystem, not the VM 
> filesystem), but the performance of accessing the host filesystem is mightily 
> disappointing (unlike on Linux hosts).
>
> If anyone is reading this and thinking of trying it, you might be better off 
> encouraging me to publish some of the private changes I've been testing, rather 
> than trying what's in Federico's repo.  I tend to slack off in that regard 
> because no one is asking.
> —
> Dan