> Thoughts?

One point in favor of the current practice (installing add-on files
unconditionally) is the fact that you can basically do it for free - you
neither have to depend on additional packages, nor is the presence of
the add-on files a penalty in download time or storage.

Further, a lot of packages install _small_ additional files
unconditionally - let it be examples, minimal documentation, example
configurations - unconditionally. And this is done with the very same
reasoning as above; the penalty is small enough to not warrant the
introduction of a use flag.

Personally, I would not introduce yet another set of global use flags
just for the sake of controlling everything with use flags. The
complexity this introduces (naming choice - enforcing the rule -
ensuring uniformity) is worse than the current behavior of just
installing small add-on files.

Best,
Matthias

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