On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:31:11 +0800 Shengjing Zhu wrote:

> There're a lot of packages in archive which users are not expected to
> install, for examples:
> 
> * all golang-*-dev packages. (currently there are 1k+)
> * maybe[1] all librust-*-dev packages. (currently there also are 1k+)

I think that these packages are solely a workaround for apt/dpkg not
supporting the ability to build-depend on and use (parts of) another
source package. I think that therefore we should enhance apt/dpkg and
remove all the golang/rust binary packages instead.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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