> The core problem wasn't the existence or the reliance of dependencies. But simply the fact that the package was no longer available. I figure the social dyna

> The core problem wasn't the existence or the reliance of dependencies. But simply the fact that the package was no longer available. I figure the social dynamics bundled with a micropackage model matter. If you have a few big packages with lots of owners, central dependencies are less likely to be deleted by unanimous consent of owners than the same software divided up into many packages each with a single owner.