Similar to my thread about the @server-hardware-support group, the
@container-management group also takes up a good chunk of space (38MB
above the minimal install) in the default Server install, as well as
including an additional available-by-default service.
Originally, we included Docker for its popularity and because Cockpit
and rolekit each had some support for operating with it. In F23 and
onwards, rolekit is capable of automatically-installing docker if it
is required to support a role, so having it installed by default is no
longer critical from that perspective.
This leaves Cockpit: one of Cockpit's more popular features is the
ability to manage Docker images and containers from the UI.
As a side-note, I think this is a policy we should consider following
throughout Server: try to do lazy package installation whenever
possible.