[research] composable package management for containers

[max-mapper]

problem: how to combine two container filesystems without conflicts, so you can use them as dependencies. docker compose goes for independent filesystems with shared services, but i am interested here in exploring package management solutions that avoid global state conflicts

research:

• nix/nixos
• mkpkg
• depot-lite
• http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
• modules: http://modules.sourceforge.net/docs/absmod.pdf
• local disk depot: https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/lisa93/full_papers/wong.pdf
• https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/lisa02/tech/full_papers/venkatakrishnan/venkatakrishnan_html/index.html

[freeman-lab]

the seems more in the "docker compose" category but maybe worth checking out:

• decking http://decking.io/

[freeman-lab]

finding this paper to be a good background on nix

• http://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/nixos-jfp-final.pdf

and some interesting discussion was captured here

• https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/735#issuecomment-22504620