GoogleCloudPlatform/debian-docker — pull request #8 by mattmoor (2014-12-04 05:30:04+00:00)
Title: Update google/debian:wheezy to use the latest packages, strip apt lists.

This change strips the /var/lib/apt/lists directory from the base image. This information makes zero sense to cache because derivatives must use the "apt-get update && apt-get install" pattern to avoid breakage when the lists update anyhow. When this occurs, it costs ~30Mb per layer storing the files, and ultimately this is not useful to the final image in any way 99% of the time.

This change also serves to simply update the basis, since the size of the "apt-get upgrade" is now ~40 Mb.