Consider using virt-sparsify to shave off some MBs
In my very cursory testing, using https://libguestfs.org/virt-sparsify.1.html was able to shave off 10MBs for free in our images. Maybe this is worth investigating? Seems pretty easy to add.
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In my very cursory testing, using https://libguestfs.org/virt-sparsify.1.html was able to shave off 10MBs for free in our images. Maybe this is worth investigating? Seems pretty easy to add.