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

[Guillaume Tucker]

Hi Coiby,

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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Guillaume