To me, “sobriety” means the state of not being drunk, or abstaining from alcohol/drugs. I admit I was very confused when I saw the thread title.
I think “efficiency” or “sustainability” would be a better fit for what is being described. > On Dec 8, 2025, at 10:33, Yarl <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find this very interesting. > > I would like to share a few questions that have been bothering me for a > while. > > Let me know if this is off topic. > > Would it be feasible and desirable to have a “sober” version and a > “complete” version for certain packages? In terms of compilation > options, inclusion of documentation, debug sections, etc => fewer > inputs. > > Apart from point 8 of 22.10 Submitting Patches, I don't think there are > any specific guidelines on this. How do packagers decide what to > include, what options, etc.? > > Here's an example to illustrate. Many R packages, including R itself > (not r-minimal), depend on pandoc for documentation. Ghc is not > available for aarch64 (#1858), a system that doesn't always have a lot > of resources... With "sober" versions, two benefits : more support, less > ressources. > > What do you think? > > >
