Add descriptions to containers on DockerHub

[bonachea]

Is there a reason that most of the E4S containers at dockerhub have an empty description/overview?

Speaking as a user, when I visit https://hub.docker.com/u/ecpe4s and see 107 different multi-GB docker containers where most/all have empty descriptions, it's very intimidating to find what I need. It's not even clear which of these actually contain full/partial E4S installs and which only contain precursors that can be used to build/install E4S. Even given my knowledge of E4S, looking only at dockerhub I was unable to identify the "best" docker container to recommend for UPC++ users on a Linux laptop without GPU support.

If the "best" E4S containers for end users are really 50+GB, then I think it would be valuable to provide a rich description of the contents and any system requirements. This would give the user confidence he's downloading something useful and not just wasting his time/data.

It's also notable that the vast majority of those 107 docker containers have not been updated in over a year; I'm guessing these are effectively "dead" and just left around for legacy reasons? It might also be valuable to partition the dockerhub account into one that contains only the full-featured containers maintained with the latest E4S installed (ie the "product" intended for end-users), and a separate dockerhub account that contains "everything else".

[bonachea]

In the interests of constructive criticism, here as a counter-example is the dockerhub site I maintain for UPC++ users. This is admittedly a much smaller software distribution, but I think the user-facing design principles for dockerhub's "choose your download" page remain similar.

Annotated comparison for illustrative purposes:

[sameershende]

Hi Dan, Indeed, we need to do a better job of providing documentation for users who start at dockerhub.com rather than the e4s.io <http://e4s.io/> download page where we describe the base images and guide them as to which image to choose. With multiple GPU architectures (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA) x multiple OSes (Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, RHEL) x versions (Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, E4S 21.05, 21.08, 21.11) x type (base, gpu, full), the number of Docker images has increased lately. Thanks, - Sameer

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