Re: tramp-kubernetes

[Michael Albinus]

Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm> writes:

> Hi Michael,

Hi Filipp,

>> Another question: Would we really need another Lisp file? Couldn't this
>> be added to tramp-docker.el (and maybe that file renamed to
>> tramp-container.el, because it is about container technology)?
>
> I see that tramp-docker.el offers to choose podman as program, I assume
> that means that they have similar cli interface.
>
> Kubernetes is a bit different, in that it's a layer on top of container
> runtime (and they seem to deprecate Docker as container runtime:
> https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/).  Kubernetes pod may
> have several containers inside.  There're also Kubernetes services.
> Given this, I'd better not "unify" the two (even though currently
> kubectl is used as just "give me the shell please").

I don't see why these three methods couldn't coexist in a single
package. All of them are about container technology.

See for example tramp-gvfs.el, which offers several methods, which are
very different. Or think about tramp-sh.el with its 22 different methods.

> Thanks for the review!
> Filipp

Best regards, Michael.