Bug#862797: RFS: atomic/1.17.1-1 [ITP] -- Atomic Run Tool for installing/running/managing container images

[phil@reseau-libre.net]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: wishlist

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "atomic"

* Package name    : atomic
  Version         : 1.7.1-1
  Upstream Author : Atomic Project <atomic@projectatomic.io>
* URL             : https://github.com/projectatomic/atomic
* License         : GPL-2+
  Programming Lang: Python
  Section         : admin
  Description     : Atomic Run Tool for installing/running/managing container images

It builds those binary packages:

atomic: allows an image provider to specify how a container image expects to be run
atomic-doc: various documentations and concepts behind atomic


To access further information about this package, please visit the following  URL:

 https://mentors.debian.net/package/atomic

Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x https//mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/atomic/atomic_1.7.1-1.dsc

 

This project defines the entrypoint for Project Atomic hosts. On an Atomic Host, there are at least two distinct software delivery vehicles; Docker (often used in combination with the traditional RPM/yum/dnf), and rpm-ostree to provide atomic upgrades of the host system.

The goal of Atomic is to provide a high level, coherent entrypoint to the system, and fill in gaps in Linux container implementations.

For Docker, atomic can make it easier to interact with special kinds of containers, such as super-privileged debugging tools and the like.

atomic host does not support Debian-based OS by now (limited to rpm-based OS). Yet it permit to easily install/uninstall docker container into the system.

If integrated, this package can be used by openscap-daemon (already in sid and one of the packages i maintain) to instanciate docker container hosting openscap service.

Regards,
-- 
Philippe THIERRY