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>> 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.
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>> 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.
