{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/27","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/27/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/27/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/27/events","html_url":"https://github.com/opencontainers/specs/issues/27","id":91302452,"number":27,"title":"Container dependencies","user":{"login":"steveeJ","id":1181362,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1181362?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ","html_url":"https://github.com/steveeJ","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveeJ/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-06-26T17:06:26Z","updated_at":"2015-06-26T19:06:11Z","closed_at":null,"body":"At this early stage the specs say that *The goal of a Standard Container is to encapsulate a software component and all its dependencies in a format that is self-describing and portable*.\r\n\r\nMy interpretation of this passage is that there will be no inter-container dependencies (for Standard Containers). With this issue I would like to ask for an explanation of the current state and bring the matter up for discussion starting with my personal opinion. \r\n\r\nI think that **container dependencies** is a valuable feature that can significantly increase resource efficiency for all processes/states of the container lifecycle. It should be taken into account from the earliest stage possible.\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/comments/115840433","html_url":"https://github.com/opencontainers/specs/issues/27#issuecomment-115840433","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/opencontainers/specs/issues/27","id":115840433,"user":{"login":"taylorb-microsoft","id":9554120,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9554120?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft","html_url":"https://github.com/taylorb-microsoft","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/taylorb-microsoft/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-26T19:06:10Z","updated_at":"2015-06-26T19:06:10Z","body":"I agree with @crosbymichael a separation of responsibilities is important - moreover I might want/need the different containers to run across different container hosts for example.  So while I fully agree policies like dependencies are very important for containers I just don't think (at least at this time) they belong in the container format."}}