@jwarlander if you release your currently-Linux-only service as some code, a binary, and a text file describing install steps, I can probably port it to FreeBSD with no special knowledge.

if you release your service as a container I need to learn how your chosen container system works and reverse engineer the install requirements and steps from your compose file or whatever, and likely need to do extra work to get the build working in the first place.

@jwarlander my primary complaint here (which seems not to be what everyone is replying about, weirdly enough, funny how that happens) is that shipping a docker container full of commands to build the thing and then run it as a service makes bugger all sense over just building once for binary installs and offering a well-documented build and setup procedure for people who have other needs.