Production doesn't use it, and being a generic CGI in Apache type project, a container is a bit of unnecessary overhead if you don't need it.
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 12:58, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > On 4/20/2020 6:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 8:38 PM Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > ... > >> Docker looked to me like a good way of getting a Ubuntu environment for > >> Whimsy development under Windows 10. Is there a better way of doing that? > > > > Given your description, I would suggest that the best match would be: > > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-install > > > > From my reading, WSL2 is much superior to WSL. At the moment, it is > > available on a pre-release basis. My understanding is that the > > official release will be in May. Ubuntu 20.04 is due to be released > > on Thursday, so if you are setting up a new system, I would be > > inclined to start with that version. > > Unfortunately, wsl-2 is not acceptable for the computer I want to use > for development. It requires installation of an insider-only prerelease > of Window 10, and I use that machine for too many things to consider > anything other than a released version. > > You do not seem to be enthusiastic about Docker. Any particular reasons? > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
