>I feel like I have imagined this - but was there a discussion on these
>lists with one user who has creates a an extremely minimal kickstart.
Last month i created a minimal live iso for teaching students with virtualization and other stuff related to Linux. You can grab the kickstart from here http://zer0c00l.in/downloads/foss_lab_os/fedora-aos_back.ks . It is not minimal though , it includes base-x, anaconda and other development tools required for the students. Feel free to edit it.