Feature: replace alpine Docker image with scratch about golang-http-template HOT 3 CLOSED

Hi @hazcod Alpine Linux was chosen as a base image for a reason and barely adds any additional size to the image. You are free to fork the templates and customise as you wish.

We also don't encourage people to raise PRs without approval / discussion. See the contribution guide: https://github.com/openfaas/faas/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#i-have-a-great-idea

Alex

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Hi Alex, where can I take this up for discussion? The main reason I propose this change is to have secure defaults for users that wouldn't change the template and use basic Go functions. Any advanced user will have to fork either way it since it's read-only.

It's easy to run an old(er) linux distribution and leave all those packages lying around.

Not to mention, it might be nice to easily swap the compiler to e.g. debian-based to not have musl.

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Thanks for your interest.

We would be more likely to move to distroless than SCRATCH, but then a secondary debug container is required for all templates in order to shell into containers and have tools during development.

If the community templates are not to your taste then you're welcome to fork and maintain your own.

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