chore : use --no-cache-dir flag to pip in dockerfiles to save space #110
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using --no-cache-dir flag in pip install ,make sure downloaded packages by pip don't cached on system . This is a best practice which make sure to fetch from repo instead of using local cached one . Further , in case of Docker Containers , by restricting caching , we can reduce image size. In term of stats , it depends upon the number of python packages multiplied by their respective size . e.g for heavy packages with a lot of dependencies it reduce a lot by don't caching pip packages. Further , more detail information can be found at https://medium.com/sciforce/strategies-of-docker-images-optimization-2ca9cc5719b6 Signed-off-by: Pratik Raj <[email protected]>
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using --no-cache-dir flag in pip install ,make sure downloaded packages
by pip don't cached on system . This is a best practice which make sure
to fetch from repo instead of using local cached one . Further , in case
of Docker Containers , by restricting caching , we can reduce image size.
In term of stats , it depends upon the number of python packages
multiplied by their respective size . e.g for heavy packages with a lot
of dependencies it reduce a lot by don't caching pip packages.
Further , more detail information can be found at
https://medium.com/sciforce/strategies-of-docker-images-optimization-2ca9cc5719b6
Signed-off-by: Pratik Raj [email protected]