X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docker%2FREADME.md;h=2dc0912a54200eaa6cc8b62aeae0173396eec9dc;hb=refs%2Fchanges%2F99%2F1299%2F1;hp=c6f13ce522103d67c28390f48ba8147234709fa6;hpb=f55f21ea05bf4aa098902171e730f832a9867893;p=ci-management.git diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md index c6f13ce5..2dc0912a 100644 --- a/docker/README.md +++ b/docker/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ # CI builder images for O-RAN-SC at LF -This area contains Dockerfiles to assemble images that are used to -compile source and create binary artifacts such as Docker images for -O-RAN-SC software features. This approach replaces the practice at -LF of installing and maintaining software on Jenkins build minions. +The O-RAN-SC project runs most CI tasks in Docker instead of +maintaining build and compile tools in LF-managed Jenkins build +minions. This area contains the Dockerfiles to assemble images that +are used as the first stage in a multi-stage Docker build. These +images have large build and compile tools like C, C++, Golang, cmake, +ninja, etc. These images are used to compile source and create binary +artifacts of O-RAN-SC software features, which are then wrapped in +minimal docker images for use.