[atomic-devel] Reducing the footprint of the Fedora docker base image

[Courtney Pacheco <cpacheco redhat com>]

Hi everyone,

I recently analyzed the official Fedora docker base image to see how we 
can reduce its overall size. A summary of the work I did can be found here:
https://gist.github.com/iamcourtney/1a4af7c4289014f57080

If you're interested in reading the full details (seeing console 
outputs, etc.), see the original version here: 
https://gist.github.com/iamcourtney/b8709ed897b7ecc9ac0f

**You may want to read the summary version first since it's much shorter 
and easier to read.

I essentially looked at which packages were being installed to the base 
image and tried to determine which of those packages could be turned 
into weak dependencies and which of those packages we can possibly break up.

If possible, I'd like some feedback on the work I did. Comments and 
criticism are more than welcomed! I realize there may be some 
controversy in terms of what I chose to remove and what I chose to turn 
into weak dependencies, but I would like to hear your thoughts either way.

Thanks everyone,

Courtney