refactor: Minimize the number of images and packages in build process

.config/dictionaries/project.dic

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fontawesome
 fontconfig
 fontname
 forcelabels
+gdebi
 Geckodriver
 genpkey
 giga

Earthfile

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ IMPORT ./earthly/cspell AS cspell-ci
 IMPORT ./earthly/bash AS bash-ci
 IMPORT ./earthly/spectral AS spectral-ci
 IMPORT ./earthly/python AS python-ci
+IMPORT ./earthly/debian AS debian
 
 ARG --global REGISTRY="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/library"
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ markdown-check-fix:
 
 # Make sure the project dictionary is properly sorted.
 clean-spelling-list:
-    FROM ${REGISTRY}/debian:stable-slim
+    FROM debian+debian-clean
     DO cspell-ci+CLEAN
 
 # check-spelling Check spelling in this repo inside a container.
@@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ check-spelling:
 
 # check-bash - test all bash files lint properly according to shellcheck.
 check-bash:
-    FROM ${REGISTRY}/alpine:3.20.3
-
     DO bash-ci+SHELLCHECK --src=.
 
 # Internal: Reference to our repo root documentation used by docs builder.
@@ -66,4 +65,4 @@ edit-docs:
 # are linted equally.
 # Its also fast.
 check-python:
-    DO python-ci+LINT_PYTHON    
+    DO python-ci+LINT_PYTHON

docs/Earthfile

@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ src:
 # Build the docs here.
 docs:
     FROM +src
-
     DO docs-ci+BUILD
 
-
 # Make a docker image that can serve the docs for development purposes.
 # This target is only for local developer use.
 local:

docs/src/guides/languages/flutter.md

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ In case you have unit tests in your project, you can run them with `unit-tests`
 unit-tests:
     FROM +builder
 
-    DO flutter-ci+UNIT_TEST
+    DO flutter-ci+UNIT_TESTS
 ```
 
 ### Build Flutter app for Web

earthly/bash/Earthfile

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ builder:
 
     # Copy our common scripts so we can use them inside the container.
     # Internally in the repo we use a symlink to accomplish this, but Earthly
-    # Will only copy the symlink and not what it references, so we need to
-    # manually copy what it references.  This enables the script to work
+    # will only copy the symlink and not what it references, so we need to
+    # manually copy what it references. This enables the script to work
     # both in-repo and in-ci here.
     DO scripts+ADD_BASH_SCRIPTS
 
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ SHELLCHECK:
     COPY --dir $src /src
 
     RUN ./check-all.sh /src
-

earthly/cassandra/Earthfile

@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ CQL_TO_D2:
     ARG --required input
     ARG --required output
 
-    COPY (+cql-to-d2/diagrams --input=$input) $output
+    COPY (+cql-to-d2/diagrams --input=$input) $output

earthly/cddl/Earthfile

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ cddl-base:
     ARG REGISTRY="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/library"
     FROM ${REGISTRY}/ruby:3.3.0-alpine
 
-    RUN gem install cddlc
+    RUN gem install cddlc

earthly/cue/Earthfile

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ ARG --global CUE_IMAGE="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/cuel
 INSTALL:
     FUNCTION
 
-     COPY +cue-bin/cue /usr/bin/cue
-
+    COPY +cue-bin/cue /usr/bin/cue
 
 # Get cue binary
 cue-bin:
@@ -23,4 +22,4 @@ check-cue:
 
     DO +INSTALL
 
-    RUN cue version
+    RUN cue version

earthly/debian/Earthfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION 0.8
 
 # Define a constant name for the container and its version.
-ARG --global DEBIAN_IMAGE="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/library/debian:13.0-slim"
+ARG --global DEBIAN_IMAGE="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/library/debian:stable-slim"
 
 # Optimally install packages for debian
 INSTALL:
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ INSTALL:
 debian-clean:
     FROM $DEBIAN_IMAGE
 
-
 # The current version of our base Debian Container.
 # Normally you want this because it has all the common tools
 # one would expect inside CI.
+# gdebi-core is used to more easily manage dependency conflicts.
 common:
     FROM +debian-clean
 
@@ -35,16 +35,15 @@ common:
         apt-utils \
         git \
         curl \
-        gzip \
         unzip \
         bzip2 \
-        bash \
         jq \
         gpg \
         lcov \
-        tar \
         wget \
-        xz-utils
+        build-essential \
+        xz-utils \
+        gdebi-core
     DO +INSTALL --packages=$PACKAGES
 
 # Checks our debian container is basically usable, and nothing more.

earthly/docs/Earthfile

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ deps:
         liblcms2-dev \
         libopenjp2-7-dev \
         tk-dev \
-        tcl-dev  \
+        tcl-dev \
         make
     DO debian+INSTALL --packages=$PACKAGES
 
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ deps:
     # Set working directory
     WORKDIR /docs
 
-
 # Documentation files used across all documentation builds.
 common:
     FROM scratch
@@ -91,8 +90,7 @@ SRC:
     # Any files which replace the standard files are copied here
     COPY --if-exists --dir includes macros overrides .
 
-
-# Build the docs - We always do this in a `docs` target.  
+# Build the docs - We always do this in a `docs` target.
 # The only target that needs customizing is the `src` target.
 BUILD:
     FUNCTION
@@ -133,8 +131,7 @@ PACKAGE:
     # These steps are done outside the FUNCTION.
 
     # Copy the static pages into the container like this...
-    #COPY $docs /usr/share/nginx/html
+    # COPY $docs /usr/share/nginx/html
 
     # And then save the image
     # SAVE IMAGE image_name
-

earthly/flutter/Earthfile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ VERSION 0.8
 # cspell: words noninteractive
 
 IMPORT ./installer AS installer
+IMPORT ../debian AS debian
 
 ARG --global REGISTRY="harbor.shared-services.projectcatalyst.io/dockerhub/library"
 
@@ -40,42 +41,27 @@ INSTALL_FLUTTER:
 
 # flutter-base installs required tools and packages.
 flutter-base:
-    FROM ${REGISTRY}/debian:bookworm-20250203-slim
+    FROM debian+common
 
     ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
     # Update and install as same command so if either fails, the whole step fails and is not cached.
     # sqlite3 and libsqlite3-dev are required for running db tests in CI
     RUN apt-get update --fix-missing && \
             apt-get install -y \
-            apt-utils \
-            git \
-            curl \
-            gzip \
-            unzip \
-            bzip2 \
-            bash \
-            jq \
-            gpg \
-            lcov \
-            tar \
-            wget \
-            xz-utils \
             sqlite3 \
             libsqlite3-dev
 
     DO +INSTALL_FLUTTER
 
     WORKDIR frontend
 
-    DO installer+INSTALL_CHROME_LINUX64
-    DO installer+INSTALL_FIREFOX_LINUX64
+    # DO installer+INSTALL_CHROME_LINUX64 --version=141.0.7390.122
+    DO installer+INSTALL_CHROME_FOR_TESTING --version=141.0.7390.122
+    DO installer+INSTALL_FIREFOX_LINUX64 --version=115.15.0esr-1
+    DO installer+INSTALL_EDGE_LINUX64 --version=125.0.2535.51
 
-    ARG edge_version = 125.0.2535.51
-    ARG edge_package_release = 1
-    DO installer+INSTALL_EDGE_LINUX64 --edge_version=$edge_version --edge_package_release=$edge_package_release
-
-# test-flutter-base : installs required tools and packages for flutter development.
+# test-flutter-base: installs required tools and packages for flutter development.
 test-flutter-base:
     BUILD +flutter-base
 
@@ -159,7 +145,6 @@ PUBLISH_DRY_RUN:
         RUN dart pub publish --dry-run
     END
 
-
 # Runs unit tests.
 UNIT_TESTS:
     FUNCTION