Switching to supercronic?

[frugan-dev]

Hey! Love the work you've done with these images ❤️ 🙏 .
I've been using them for a while and noticed you're using traditional cron + supervisor for scheduled jobs.
Have you considered switching to supercronic?

[shinsenter]

@frugan-dev

Thank you for your suggestion. I'll take a look at supercronic as you mentioned.
Currently, the Docker images I provide are mainly focused on the PHP runtime environment. Other features like cron are just supplemental additions.
I hope you understand.

[shinsenter]

Thank you for the information from ChatGPT.

I'll consider replacing crontab in the future, since for now it's just a secondary feature and there haven't been any issues related to it (aside from your replacement suggestion).

However, I'll consider adding a small note for developers who prefer Supercronic over crontab.

[frugan-dev]

Thanks, you did a great job, I'm very impressed with your coding!
Mine was just a suggestion...

[shinsenter]

One more thing I just noticed, the Supercronic binaries are quite large (12–13MB), which goes against my goal of keeping the Docker images lightweight. 😢

[shinsenter]

Thanks, you did a great job, I'm very impressed with your coding!

I'm really grateful for all the contributions from users who want to make it more useful, while still keeping the core values intact without overloading it with too many features. 🤗

[frugan-dev]

One more thing I just noticed, the Supercronic binaries are quite large (12–13MB), which goes against my goal of keeping the Docker images lightweight. 😢

Ah, great find! You're absolutely right: more than 12 MB is quite a lot for a single binary, especially if you're aiming to keep the images lightweight.
That size difference definitely outweighs any logging/signal improvements.
Thanks for taking the time to look into this!

[shinsenter]

@frugan-dev

I added a remark for installing an alternative scheduling tool to the README.md

Note: This is a supporting feature. If you require more advanced capabilities beyond basic crontab functionality, please consider building your own Docker image and installing an alternative scheduling tool (e.g., supercronic) that better suits your needs.

https://github.com/shinsenter/php?tab=readme-ov-file#using-cron-jobs

Best regards