Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dev-tools: scripts/container prefers Podman

[Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 11:02:49PM +0200, Guillaume Tucker wrote:
>Hi Coiby,

Hi Guillaume,

>
>On 24/06/2026 03:38, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> Obviously scripts/container prefers Podman over Docker. Putting podman
>> before docker also makes it consistent with following parts of the doc
>> and the help text of the tool.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/dev-tools/container.rst | 6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/container.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/container.rst
>> index 452415b64662..9e23f79d5ae1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/container.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/container.rst
>> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Available options:
>>
>>  ``-r, --runtime RUNTIME``
>>
>> -    Container runtime name.  Supported runtimes: ``docker``, ``podman``.
>> +    Container runtime name.  Supported runtimes: ``podman``, ``docker``.
>>
>>      If not specified, the first one found on the system will be used
>>      i.e. Podman if present, otherwise Docker.
>> @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ working directory and adjust the user and group id as needed.
>>
>>  The container image which would typically include a compiler toolchain is
>>  provided by the user and selected via the ``-i`` option.  The container runtime
>> -can be selected with the ``-r`` option, which can be either ``docker`` or
>> -``podman``.  If none is specified, the first one found on the system will be
>> +can be selected with the ``-r`` option, which can be either ``podman`` or
>> +``docker``.  If none is specified, the first one found on the system will be
>>  used while giving priority to Podman.  Support for other runtimes may be added
>>  later depending on their popularity among users.
>>
>
>It's a very subtle tweak but it does help avoid some confusion.
>
>Reviewed-by: Guillaume Tucker <gtucker@gtucker.io>

Thanks for taking time to reviewing the patch!

>
>Thanks,
>Guillaume
>

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Best regards,
Coiby