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pkg/ is a collection of utility packages used by the Docker project without being specific to its internals.
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Utility packages are kept separate from the docker core codebase to keep it as small and concise as possible.
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If some utilities grow larger and their APIs stabilize, they may be moved to their own repository under the
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Docker organization, to facilitate re-use by other projects. However that is not the priority.
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The directory `pkg` is named after the same directory in the camlistore project. Since Brad is a core
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Go maintainer, we thought it made sense to copy his methods for organizing Go code :) Thanks Brad!
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Because utility packages are small and neatly separated from the rest of the codebase, they are a good
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place to start for aspiring maintainers and contributors. Get in touch if you want to help maintain them!
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