5 Dec
2009
5 Dec
'09
2:08 p.m.
If Arch wants to be (disk)size-effective, We would end up with hundreds of Debian-like *-{header,dev} packages.
We're not going to do that, it just seemed insane to include this stuff in the kernel.
I just don't think splitting header packages is practical with distributions that support a port-like system. I know the kernel might be an exception but I still think the decision to split the headers is interesting and worth commenting on.
The kernel IS an exception here, we will not start splitting out -dev stuff everywhere. It is mostly done for making the PKGBUILD more readable.
That's what I thought. Thank you for taking the time to reply.