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yeah, that's a good thing. because i do not need always dev-files or documentation or debug symbols on my machine. all people are always about "slim systems" a
by deknos 6y ago
yeah, that's a good thing. because i do not need always dev-files or documentation or debug symbols on my machine.
all people are always about "slim systems" and alpine. but when debian does real engineering, then everybody complains it's complicated. that is a little bit annoying.
yes, debian is complex, but it's for a reason, since there are many requirements.
- corty 6y agoAlso, removing -dev packages and compilers is one of the usual hardening steps, to make it harder for an attacker to establish a foothold and build tools.
- dralley 6y agoNo, that's not what I mean. Most distributions do things like splitting dev-files and debug symbols and documenation. What I mean is taking one piece of software and splitting it apart into many libraries or binaries in a way that the upstream developer did not originally intend. See some of the other responses.