[META] Bootstrap the LoongArch container-computing ecosystem

[xen0n]

Note

根据 docker-library/official-images#16404 (comment) ，有“合规要求” 👀 近期应该是不能给官方镜像加入 linux/loong64 支持了。不要指望用纯技术的方式解决此问题，但有政治雄心的贡献者倒是可以试试非技术的手段。 👀

闲话不多说，目前我们主要聚焦于提供“影子”或曰“平行宇宙”的官方容器镜像，以放在另一个账号（例如这个，类似 RISC-V 的相似用途账号）或者另一个容器镜像托管服务上的方式进行。

According to docker-library/official-images#16404 (comment), there are "compliance requirements" 👀 that likely precludes inclusion of linux/loong64 variants in the official images in the short term. This is unlikely to get solved in a purely technical manner, but anyone with the political ambitions can always try. 👀

In the meantime though, we focus our work on providing "shadow"/"parallel-universe" "official" container images under a different account (e.g. this, akin to the RISC-V one) / container registry.

• Infra
  • Add cross-build target linux/loong64 estesp/manifest-tool#274
  • Add support for linux/loong64 docker-library/bashbrew#108
• Alpine
  • official (alpine): blocked due to non-technical reasons, alpine: edge snapshot 20240923, add loong64 docker-library/official-images#17607
  • unofficial: TBD
• Debian
  • official (debian): likely also blocked, Please add support for loongarch64 debuerreotype/docker-debian-artifacts#220
  • unofficial: TBD
• more to come

[fossdd]

btw: alpine does try to find another location to distribute the container images, so stay tuned.