Add generic debian image

[uejo]

It would be really nice to have a generic debian image. I know postgres does not have like a 17-alpine debian format, but they simple use 17, since they use implicitly debian as its base.
It would be very convenient to have an image which will always uses the latest debian version as well, especially for auto updates with eg renovate.

[andyundso]

I think this is something we can provide.

[justinclift]

Maybe something like latest-debian or debian-latest?

[andyundso]

or just 17-debian to align it with the naming for our Alpine image?

[uejo]

agree @andyundso: for specific pg version 16-debian 17-debian etc would align with current naming
and latest-debian sounds fine so you have latest pg and latest debian

[andyundso]

I would suggest the following tags to make them bit more "Docker-like". latest is a somewhat reserved keyword from my perspective.

• <pg_version>-debian: Specific PG version, latest Debian. For now this is bookworm, will become trixie in Summer 2025.
• debian: Latest PG version, latest Debian version.
• alpine: Latest PG version, latest Alpine version.

Actually, I think these tags would be quite nice. If you run a small app where a downtime of maybe 2 minutes for a pg_upgrade is no issue, you would never have to update your tag to the latest PG version. Of course requires that you regulary pull your Docker images.

[justinclift]

Cool. 😄

alpine and debian do sound like good ideas. 😄