alert when external plugin version is older than embedded
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Description
when buildx plugin stored in ~/.docker/cli-plugins is older than the one embedded in the docker package, we should alert the user to the fact.
It is quite probable that at one point the user downloaded (or built) a newer one than the packaged one, but as new releases of docker come with newer versions, the manually installed one will still override this.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the external plugin in ~/.docker/cli-plugins is discovered and how its version can be compared with the embedded plugin. The work is done when users are alerted whenever the external buildx plugin is older than the embedded version.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100