Currently, setting up the environment for Pixal3D requires manual installation of various dependencies and potentially dealing with conflicting library versions. Providing an official Dockerfile would significantly improve the developer experience by ensuring a consistent, reproducible build environment.
Proposed Benefits
Reproducibility: Eliminates "it works on my machine" issues by standardizing the OS and dependency versions.
Ease of Use: Allows new users and contributors to get up and running with Pixal3D quickly without needing to resolve complex local environment configurations.
CI/CD Integration: Simplifies the process of setting up automated testing and deployment pipelines.
Suggested Implementation
Ideally, the Dockerfile would:
Use a stable base image (e.g., nvidia/cuda or a standard Ubuntu LTS image with necessary drivers).
Install all required system-level dependencies and Python requirements defined in requirements.txt.
Set up the environment variables necessary for the project.
Currently, setting up the environment for Pixal3D requires manual installation of various dependencies and potentially dealing with conflicting library versions. Providing an official Dockerfile would significantly improve the developer experience by ensuring a consistent, reproducible build environment.
Proposed Benefits
Reproducibility: Eliminates "it works on my machine" issues by standardizing the OS and dependency versions.
Ease of Use: Allows new users and contributors to get up and running with Pixal3D quickly without needing to resolve complex local environment configurations.
CI/CD Integration: Simplifies the process of setting up automated testing and deployment pipelines.
Suggested Implementation
Ideally, the Dockerfile would:
Use a stable base image (e.g., nvidia/cuda or a standard Ubuntu LTS image with necessary drivers).
Install all required system-level dependencies and Python requirements defined in requirements.txt.
Set up the environment variables necessary for the project.