Bug#1063381: RFP: docker-buildx -- Docker CLI plugin for extended build capabilities with BuildKit

[Aidan <aidgal2@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: aidgal2@gmail.com

Package name : docker-buildx
Version : 0.12.1
Upstream Author : Docker
URL : https://github.com/docker/buildx
License : Apache License Version 2.0
Programming Lang: Go
Description : Docker CLI plugin for extended build capabilities with BuildKit


This package is necessary to run "docker buildx".

Ubuntu has got a debian package for docker-buildx.
https://github.com/canonical/docker-buildx
https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/mantic/arm64/docker-buildx


AFAIK the only way to use buildkit is to specify the DOCKER_BUILDKIT environment variable or use buildx.
Some tools such as VSCode only use buildkit if buildx is available on the command line (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/1409).
I require VSCode to use buildkit for my tool "debpic" (https://github.com/aidan-gallagher/debpic) which allows developers to develop debian packages in a container.

I think this could be maintained by the same team that packages docker.

Kind regards,

Aidan