Archive?

[jzf2101]

@betatim Suggested this isn't required anymore since we now automatically allow people to use R on Binder?

[choldgraf]

I agree it's not necessary anymore, though think it could be useful if we rebranded it as something like "extending Binder for new interfaces" or something like that. Could be inspiration / template for adopting new interfaces in the future. What do you guys think?

[cboettig]

@choldgraf good suggestion! I think it's a nice example for extending with the 'bring your own dockerfile' approach. I still find often find it easier to just deploy a dockerfile on binder that I already know "works" (i.e. has the correct libraries etc -- I know it's often 'good enough' but I've never liked apt.txt-style dependency management without having any knowledge/control over what repos are in /etc/apt/sources.list, that can be a fast-track to dependency hell).

[betatim]

Reimagining this repo as a "how to add a new UI via custom Dockerfile" sounds like a good plan to me.

What would we need?

• warning that there is a new way of using RStudio so please don't use this for that purpose
• more description/explanation about the changes/customisations that were made?
• a new name

[choldgraf]

+1 to that. Maybe "new uis with dockerfiles"?