Disclaimer: I work for Red Hat, but I don't code or design any of the things you've mentioned here. Opinions are my own.
I think I just gave you your first ever upvote on HN!
Thanks for this post, it's great discussion.
Regarding Postfix/systemd issues, you should take a look at ubi-init image. It has a minimal systemd in it to address problems like that[1][2].
Regarding crun, have you looked at the "Why another implementation" in the crun README.md by chance?[3] Or have you read the blog post about it that goes into a lot more detail?[4]
I totally agree with the dislike toward fragmentation. I myself have been very critical of NIH and fragmentation when it happens. I do think there's an interesting case to be made for crun though.
thanks for the response and the links! I will certainly have a look.
(And again sorry for my rather harsh words - I have a lot of respect for all the hard work everyone at Red Hat is doing. I can only imagine that it's much harder to make technical decisions and build tools like Podman than it looks like. Thank you for not taking my rant as an offence! It's just my brutally raw user experience).
I think I just gave you your first ever upvote on HN!
Thanks for this post, it's great discussion.
Regarding Postfix/systemd issues, you should take a look at ubi-init image. It has a minimal systemd in it to address problems like that[1][2].
Regarding crun, have you looked at the "Why another implementation" in the crun README.md by chance?[3] Or have you read the blog post about it that goes into a lot more detail?[4]
I totally agree with the dislike toward fragmentation. I myself have been very critical of NIH and fragmentation when it happens. I do think there's an interesting case to be made for crun though.
[1]: https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/ubi
[2]: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ubi8/ubi-init...
[3]: https://github.com/containers/crun
[4]: https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/introduction-crun