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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Canonical-packages restoration.
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Hey Jan,

> Just a quick question: why?; would that reduce a system's closure size?

Yes mostly, even if the gains are not huge (~100MiB). However, I feel
like its easier the tackle the system closure size issue if we get rid
of the "noise".

Thanks,

Mathieu