Hello!
Over the course of a few years, the size of our packages has apparently
kept growing. Example:
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Should packages with smaller closures be preferred as package inputs, in
the case that multiple packages implement the same interface?
For example, pkgconf is much simpler compared to pkg-config but
implements the same interface. Should it be used as an input for all
packages that need pkg-config, through a pkg-config symlink in the
pkgconf package for complete compatibility? If not, why? Are there more
important factors to consider than bootstrapping complexity?
In contrast, pkg-config has glib as a bundled dependency when it should
be unbundled. There's probably a circular dependency that needs to be
resolved but it needs to be done.
