Consider using fxdependent powershell builds

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, dockerfile, powershell
Domain
build-system, devops

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the repository's Docker image build definitions and comparing the current runtime choice with the framework-dependent PowerShell build; done means the image is smaller without breaking the supported image behavior.

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Description

Issue-Enhancement
Summary of the new feature / enhancement

If we are to include the dotnet runtime anyways, using the fxdependent builds of PowerShell will shave a significant ~40MB off of the final image size.

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Dockerfile
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Merged PRs (30d)
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