GH-102973: Slim down Fedora packages in the dev container #103283
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dnf install /usr/bin/... and dnf-command(builddep) to get exactly what we use. That way, we abstract away (possibly artificial) package names.
This also fetches a slimmer version of git, called git-core, which avoids a dependency on Perl.
However, Perl is eventually unfortunately still fetched in the next dnf command.
This declares more used dependencies in the spirit of "explicit is better than implicit".
Also set install_weak_deps=False to avoid installing unneeded weak dependencies.