Note that the explicit "apt-get clean" is probably redundant:
https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_be...
> Official Debian and Ubuntu images automatically run apt-get clean, so explicit invocation is not required.
https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_be...
> Official Debian and Ubuntu images automatically run apt-get clean, so explicit invocation is not required.
RUN apt-get update -qq && \
apt-get install -y build-essential libvips && \
apt-get clean && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /usr/share/doc /usr/share/man
RUN apt-get update -qq && \
apt-get install -y build-essential libvips && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*rm -rf isn't configuration management, it's system entropy increasing leaving users scrambling to reinstall the world.
If people don't want docs, then distro vendors should package them separately and make them recommended packages.
"I recommend avoiding Ubuntu because it violates the principle of dev - prod parity."
What exactly is the problem? Would you please like to provide sources to this issue / some explanation / any helpful content? THANKS!
It's good to have a slim script but also to have an unslim when you need manpages or locales.