The maintainer entry is deprecated

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Metadata

ID: docker-best-practices/maintainer-deprecated

Language: Docker

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

Use LABEL instead of MAINTAINER to report the maintainer of a Dockerfile.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

MAINTAINER Jean Bar <jean@bar.fr>

Compliant Code Examples

LABEL maintainer="Jean Bar <jean@bar.fr>"

How to use this rule

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rulesets:
  - docker-best-practices     # Rules to enforce Docker best practices.

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