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> From: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <nikolay.kudryavtsev@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:52:55 +0300
> 
> I was wondering about this bloat too. So the gist of my question is - do we have to bundle dependencies with
> their optional stuff due to some reason, like licensing requirements?

No, the only reason is that "Someone" has to figure out which parts
are necessary for Emacs and which aren't.  Assuming, that is, that no
one will use these binary distributions for any purpose other than
running Emacs.