[CentOS-devel] docker and docker-latest packages on CentOS Virt SIG

Tue May 10 13:04:09 UTC 2016
Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn at redhat.com>

Lokesh Mandvekar píše v Po 09. 05. 2016 v 09:54 -0500:
> **CentOS Virt SIG**
> 
> What:
> - 'docker' (v1.9) http://cbs.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=10878
> - 'docker-latest' (v1.10) 
> http://cbs.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=10881
> - both can be installed simultaneously and don't step on each other's
> toes,
>   but only one can run at a time.
> - /usr/bin/docker is a script which execs /usr/bin/docker-current
> (v1.9) or
>   /usr/bin/docker-latest (v1.10) based on what $DOCKERBINARY is set
> to.
> 
> Why:
> - some people want v1.9 (that includes kube and openshift iiuc)
> - others want later versions
> - people also want to switch between versions without having to
>   install/uninstall/reinstall
> 
> Comments?

Why don't you use alternatives 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Alternatives ? For example
 google-chrome-beta and google-chrome-stable uses that approach.

Lukas