container: don't map develop to latest (#42952)

Co-authored-by: Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.culpo@gmail.com>

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
index 4fca497f8b..b78b180333 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.json
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf",
       "build": "spack/fedora38",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "docker.io/fedora:38"
       }
@@ -33,9 +30,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf",
       "build": "spack/fedora37",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "docker.io/fedora:37"
       }
@@ -47,9 +41,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf_epel",
       "build": "spack/rockylinux9",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "docker.io/rockylinux:9"
       }
@@ -61,9 +52,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf_epel",
       "build": "spack/rockylinux8",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "docker.io/rockylinux:8"
       }
@@ -75,9 +63,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf_epel",
       "build": "spack/almalinux9",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "quay.io/almalinuxorg/almalinux:9"
       }
@@ -89,9 +74,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "dnf_epel",
       "build": "spack/almalinux8",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "quay.io/almalinuxorg/almalinux:8"
       }
@@ -105,9 +87,6 @@
       "build": "spack/centos-stream",
       "final": {
         "image": "quay.io/centos/centos:stream"
-      },
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
       }
     },
     "centos:7": {
@@ -115,10 +94,7 @@
         "template": "container/centos_7.dockerfile"
       },
       "os_package_manager": "yum",
-      "build": "spack/centos7",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      }
+      "build": "spack/centos7"
     },
     "opensuse/leap:15": {
       "bootstrap": {
@@ -126,9 +102,6 @@
       },
       "os_package_manager": "zypper",
       "build": "spack/leap15",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "final": {
         "image": "opensuse/leap:latest"
       }
@@ -148,19 +121,13 @@
         "template": "container/ubuntu_2204.dockerfile"
       },
       "os_package_manager": "apt",
-      "build": "spack/ubuntu-jammy",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      }
+      "build": "spack/ubuntu-jammy"
     },
     "ubuntu:20.04": {
       "bootstrap": {
         "template": "container/ubuntu_2004.dockerfile"
       },
       "build": "spack/ubuntu-focal",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      },
       "os_package_manager": "apt"
     },
     "ubuntu:18.04": {
@@ -168,10 +135,7 @@
         "template": "container/ubuntu_1804.dockerfile"
       },
       "os_package_manager": "apt",
-      "build": "spack/ubuntu-bionic",
-      "build_tags": {
-        "develop": "latest"
-      }
+      "build": "spack/ubuntu-bionic"
     }
   },
   "os_package_managers": {
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.py b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.py
index 6ff4f456af..8f012bce2f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/container/images.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/container/images.py
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ def build_info(image, spack_version):
     if not build_image:
         return None, None
 
-    # Translate version from git to docker if necessary
-    build_tag = image_data["build_tags"].get(spack_version, spack_version)
-
-    return build_image, build_tag
+    return build_image, spack_version
 
 
 def os_package_manager_for(image):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/container/docker.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/container/docker.py
index 3189e641ae..220605b568 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/container/docker.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/container/docker.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_build_and_run_images(minimal_configuration):
 
     # Test the output of the build property
     build = writer.build
-    assert build.image == "spack/ubuntu-bionic:latest"
+    assert build.image == "spack/ubuntu-bionic:develop"
 
 
 def test_packages(minimal_configuration):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/container/images.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/container/images.py
index eac0f1e1fa..7f5d8feb89 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/container/images.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/container/images.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import spack.container
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "image,spack_version,expected",
     [
-        ("ubuntu:18.04", "develop", ("spack/ubuntu-bionic", "latest")),
+        ("ubuntu:18.04", "develop", ("spack/ubuntu-bionic", "develop")),
         ("ubuntu:18.04", "0.14.0", ("spack/ubuntu-bionic", "0.14.0")),
     ],
 )