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@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ Usually, images are imported with generic operating system (OS) names; e.g., \ci The extracted tarball (from \url{https://partner-images.canonical.com/core/xenial}) is updated almost monthly and only the most recent five are archived. Hence, if the Dockerfile is run in different months, its output image will contain different OS components. In the year 2024, when long-term support for this version of Ubuntu expires, the image will be unavailable at the expected URL. -Other OSes have similar issues because pre-built binary files are large and expensive to maintain and archive. +Generally, Pre-built binary files (like Docker images) are large and expensive to maintain and archive. +%% This URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/scaling-dockers-business-to-serve-millions-more-developers-storage/} +This prompted DockerHub (an online service to host Docker images, including many reproducible workflows) to delete images that have not been used for over 6 months. Furthermore, Docker requires root permissions, and only supports recent (``long-term-support'') versions of the host kernel, so older Docker images may not be executable. Once the host OS is ready, PMs are used to install the software or environment. |