Comment by untrimmed
Our platform is designed to solve a very specific workflow, and the DevBox is only the first step in that process.
Our users need to connect their local VS Code, Cursor, or JetBrains IDEs to the cloud environment. The industry-standard extensions for this only speak the SSH protocol. So, to give our users the tools they love, the container must run an SSHD to act as the host.
We aren't just a CDE like Coder or Codespaces. We're trying to provide a fully integrated, end-to-end application lifecycle in one place.
The idea is that a developer on Sealos can:
1. Spin up their DevBox instantly. 2. Code and test their feature in that environment (using their local IDE). 3. Then, from that same platform, package their application into a production-ready, versioned image. 4. And finally, deploy that image directly to a production Kubernetes environment with one click.
That "release" feature was how we let a developer "snapshot" their entire working environment into a deployable image without ever having to write a Dockerfile.
Agree with other commenters that this seems like a bad idea. Why on earth should the release image contain all of the cruft of development?? Why on earth should it contain historical versions of all that cruft??