Should support arm64 about deno_docker

[benatkin]

Hmm, recommendation here is to use a third party image. Same as how the alpine build is based on a third party image.

I'd like to see alpine removed from the official docker repository and arm64 builds added. That way those interested in using "The easiest, most secure JavaScript runtime" can be steered into using official images that are based only on official images.

[LukeChannings]

@zz if you're still interested, I have an ARM64 multi-arch image here: https://github.com/LukeChannings/docker-deno (lukechannings/deno on DockerHub)

[comunidadio]

+1

It would be great to have official arm64 builds available as the architecture is getting more popular, both for development (recent Macbooks) and for servers (graviton etc).

[LukeChannings]

Hey @hayd,

The --platform argument is for compiling x86/x86_64/aarch64, etc. It won't cross-compile for Windows/Darwin.

I push the artefact to the release so that the deno binary can be downloaded independently, since there is not yet an official aarch64 builds.

Of course, aarch64 builds of 1.7.0 aren't available atm because rusty_v8 isn't available yet and I've had trouble compiling it manually.

[theomessin]

Any update on this?

[hayd]

Wow, that's great @LukeChannings .

So this (more or less) "just works" if you pass the --platform argument? Am I reading that correctly?

https://github.com/LukeChannings/docker-deno/blob/c4401697918050fd5a1f91ca3b21d7fcd62c5eea/.github/workflows/build-deno.yaml#L46

Is there a reason to do it like you do (downloading from releases) rather than as a multi-step?

[seanaye]

Is there any update on this? I need to deploy Deno >= 1.12 in production and I'm having difficulty testing locally on my arm64 machine

[hayd]

The --platform argument is for compiling x86/x86_64/aarch64, etc. It won't cross-compile for Windows/Darwin.

I guess I never followed this, does this mean we wouldn't be able to build aarch64 on the denoland's ubuntu-large in CI?

That said, my suspicion is that maintaining arm64 will be much more palatable once there is native support for arm64 in GitHub actions (azure). Until then it's unlikely denoland will be able to maintain it. Though.. I don't speak for the team that is just my hunch.

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The latest is that @LukeChannings is still maintaining https://github.com/LukeChannings/deno-arm64
and building arm64 binaries 💪

[felipecrs]

I believe the current best way of handling this is by doing something like:

https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/blob/master/docs/advanced/multi-platform.md

[loeffel-io]

+1