[Gitpod/Docker] Consider not using the 'latest' tag

[ajhalili2006]

Pros of Versioning Docker Images

• People can version-pin their dependencies to gp-workspace-full by referring to a fixed version number.
• We can release gp-workspace-full independently of deploy-to-prod.
• We can control the number of releases better and improve the pre-fetching of such images.
• We (everybody, in fact) can test the latest changes from madebythepinshub/gp-workspace-full by using tag next. (see ref. 2)

Cons

• Issues may arise if we maintain a large backlog of versions (see ref. 1)

Related Issues

From Gitpod's Workspace Images repo: gitpod-io/workspace-images#84

References

1. consider not using tag latest gitpod-io/workspace-images#84 (comment)
2. consider not using tag latest gitpod-io/workspace-images#84 (comment)

[tgbtwoq]

note - I'll try to elaborate on it later.

The Cons part above is a red herring to say the least when you look at the use-case of the software. Just listen to Moritz's suggestion and his experience as a developer. Even if the post(first ref) is a bit short, it is headed in the right direction.

The comment by sr229 is intended to be a casual comment, I assume. Everyone says things in a hurry, don't put too much weight into it. I assume you put some weight into it, maybe because a contributor to a OSS project said it.

thanks T

use tee if you're on Debian or its derivatives, it won't bite