DO NOT FORK, CLICK ON "Use this template" - A github template to start a Python Project - this uses github actions to generate your project based on the template.
Alpine distribution of python is very slow when using pip to install the dependencies. For a requirements.txt file that includes pandas and numpy, it ran for about 25 minutes. According to this Stack Overflow answer, Alpine downloads the source file and compiles them from scratch, which is inefficient.
Changing the source image to -slim drops the time for that step down to 1.5 minutes.
Details
Change the initial container image from -alpine to -slim.
Bugfixes :bug: (delete if didn't have any)
Improves installation speed of python packages in the container environment.
Summary :memo:
Alpine distribution of python is very slow when using
pipto install the dependencies. For arequirements.txtfile that includespandasandnumpy, it ran for about 25 minutes. According to this Stack Overflow answer, Alpine downloads the source file and compiles them from scratch, which is inefficient.Changing the source image to
-slimdrops the time for that step down to 1.5 minutes.Details
-alpineto-slim.Bugfixes :bug: (delete if didn't have any)
Checks