Quoting Michael Latta <lattam at mac.com>:

...
> That is 
> why I hope the community heads in the direction of using a minimal core 
> and layering on that packages.  This makes the task of tracking the 
> pieces you do need much easier, and the effort of moving forward with 
> new versions of the core and select packages easier.

Yes this is the general heading for more than a year now. 

Currently two images are published 
- base image
- full image

Sometimes people mention a third image called 'minimal'.
It is 'base' minus certain things. It has not been published yet.


Hannes