From 06615e479b1cf0e5cdf3100951347f28c5f1cef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brian d foy Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:02:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify scope in README Note that Docker Library has some policies that limit the scope the official images. --- README.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 68939e5a..2532f5f4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ docker-perl =========== -This project is the source for the Docker perl repo; for more details, -take a look at https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/perl/. +This project is the source for the [Docker Library official perl images](https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/perl/), +which builds the officially-supported perl versions ([perlpolicy](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy)) on +the officially supported Debian base images for several +architectures. These are reviewed and built by Docker Library. The structure of this repo is to use the full version ID of each Perl version, plus a comma separate list of extensions, followed by the @@ -36,3 +38,8 @@ properly on a current base OS. In those cases, perl -V will show the locally applied patches. These changes should be limited to Configure rather than to code itself, and will be a cherry pick or back port of a patch from the mainline perl branch whenever possible. + +## See Also + +* [Docker Library FAQ](https://github.com/docker-library/faq?tab=readme-ov-file#what-do-you-mean-by-official) +*