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README.md: Slightly more docs for tiers 

Explain that we aren't shipping anything but tier-1, link
to the custom base image work.
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## Tiers ## Tiers
There are currently 3 tiers: At the current time, there is just one reference base image published
to the registry. Internally the content set is split up somewhat
into "tiers", but this is an internal implementation detail and may change
at any time.
It is planned to rework and improve this in the future, especially
to support smaller custom images. For more on this, see
[this tracker issue](https://gitlab.com/fedora/bootc/tracker/-/issues/32).
- **tier-1**: This image is the default, what is published as - **tier-1**: This image is the default, what is published as
https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-bootc https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-bootc
- **tier-0**: This image is more of a convenient centralization point for CI - **tier-0**: This content set is more of a convenient centralization point for CI
and curation around a package set that we can all agree is the rough minimum and curation around a package set that we can all agree is the rough minimum
necessary for a usable system. It's not meant to be used as is, but layered necessary for a usable system. It's not meant to be used as is, but layered
upon. upon.
- **tier-x**: This image is not intended for end-users. It's the shared base - **tier-x**: This content set is the shared base used by all image-based
used by all image-based Fedora variants (IoT, Atomic Desktops, and CoreOS). Fedora variants (IoT, Atomic Desktops, and CoreOS).
Changes to this tier may be done without accounting for external users. Changes to this tier may be done without accounting for external users.
To build this, pass `--build-arg=MANIFEST=fedora-tier-x.yaml` to the build To build this, pass `--build-arg=MANIFEST=fedora-tier-x.yaml` to the build
command above. command above.