While maintaining containers in OS distribution like Fedora might seem similar to maintaining RPM spec files, it brings totally different set of challenges.
Linux containers are by design static, so it might need a bit of invention to make the container images flexible enough for different users and various use cases. Another issue comes with rebuilds, that are needed every-time some security fix affects the container, so the testing needs to be fully automated.
We've been facing those and other challenges for few years already during development of downstream container images (http://github.com/sclorg/), and this talk will introduce some innovative concepts and automation tips that have been proofed to work over time.
Working for Red Hat, I'm trying to spread the open-source idea and improve the experience of Fedora and RHEL users, while databases have been my primary interest for some time. Beyond IT world, I love sports and traveling.
