Alpine Linux Packages

[faabiosr]

Guys, you have created an image docker cool, but I have a question.

Why not use the Alpine Linux PHP7 packages instead of compiling the package in the dockerfile script?

[yosifkit]

We compile for two reasons:

1. installing the way upstream recommends/endorses
   • upstream PHP only releases source so that is what is used
   • we do it because most packagers add opinionated bits to their releases (generally, not specifically talking about php in alpine as I have not used it)
2. parity with the other versions (ie the debian images)

[faabiosr]

OK! No problem!

I think you should take a look at the packages created for PHP7 and PHP5.6 that are in Alpine, so we can build a single package with the best of everything.

Please if you have a few hours left, look to the PHP7 package was made on the link below:
http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/testing/php7/APKBUILD?id=6565601b6386afe267f8c2f6809f29765b2a4cca

[ghost]

I was wondering the same. Installing the correct build-time dependencies, building the extensions, then cleaning everything and removing the build-time dependencies again is a PITA.

[yosifkit]

@fabiorphp, thanks for the link. Unfortunately, we can't get any size benefit to building it like alpine does. They build php into about 60 different packages so that you can apk add just the shared libraries that you need. They also put the source files into a -dev package so that it can be fetched for linking when building your own dependencies that are not one of the sub-packages that they provide.

[shouze]

@fabiorphp maybe this issue can be closed? Alpine images size has already been reduced by #239 and it will be continued in #245.