[arch-projects] [namcap] Question about transient dependencies

Hello developers, Does anyone know why namcap considers transient dependencies a good thing? The terminology I use might be a bit confusing - I'm thinking of "dependency-covered-by-link-dependence" I've had a quick look through the namcap code, plus the wiki but could not see anything. I do agree that it does make the dependency chain a lot shorter. At the same time the respective package does depend on it directly, hence it should be in the list? FWIW most/all other distributions already do so - Fedora, Debian, Suse and others. Can anyone share some light on the topic? References to previous discussions or any reading material will be appreciated. Thanks Emil