On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:32:22 +0100
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> Hi Guix,
> 
> should we install headers to separate outputs as we do it in some cases
> for really large documentation?  It seems wrong to me to download
> substitutes for libraries when at build time only certain headers are
> needed.
> 
> Other distributions have separate “*-devel” or “*-dev” packages (and I’m
> ambivalent about this) — would it be a bad idea if we provided “devel”
> or “dev” *outputs* so that users had more control over what ends up in
> their store?
> 
> I’m not writing this because I’m annoyed by the current behaviour — I’m
> just curious.
> 
> ~~ Ricardo

I thought a bit about it before and I don't really think it'll save that much
space. Most of the time the headers are a small part of the total package,
and the fine-tuning that comes with chosing exactly which outputs from a
build process you actually want seem like they should be left as
encouragement for people to hack their systems.

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