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Wine package size significantly increased by adding debugging symbols

The recent commit 546fcbf7 has added debugging symbols to the Wine package. As a result, the package size has increased by approximately 200MB.

Example:

Package (16)                          Old Version  New Version  Net Change  Download Size
multilib/wine                         9.18-1       9.18-2       764,76 MiB     193,14 MiB

Key Concerns:

  1. User Benefit: Is the inclusion of debugging symbols beneficial for the average user who doesn't need advanced debugging capabilities?
  2. Impact on Arch Mirrors: Given the significant increase in package size, will this put unnecessary strain on the Arch mirrors

A possible solution could be to provide the debugging symbols as a separate package, ensuring they are only installed by those who need them. This would keep the default Wine package size leaner for the general user base.

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