Re: official Emacs Docker image

[Richard Stallman]

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  > I see now that I was unclear: A Docker image is a self-contained tarball
  > containing a GNU/Linux kernel, necessary system software, and the final 
Emacs
  > executable that was built by the image recipe.

Now it is coherent.

  > The Docker image contents, thus, can be entirely free software. Executing 
the
  > image on some platforms (such as Windows) may use proprietary software to
  > perform the execution (for example, VM provisioning software).

I see how it makes sense to use this on Windows.  But it seems absurd
to use this on GNU/Linux.  Why does anyone do that?

How big would such a docker image be?  I know that disks are getting
bigger, but how many such applications could fit on a typical laptop?

However, I don't see any ethical issue about making and distributing
Docker images of Emacs as long as we get the details right: for
instance, use an endorsed free GNU/Linux distro.

Do you see any specific issues we need to consider?

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