New comment by Chocimier on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/24357#issuecomment-676320447 Comment: > noarch causes far more problems than it solves @void-linux/pkg-committers, let's start discussion by enumerating them. Most obvious ones, please complement: Advantages of noarch: + Less copies of big data packages on mirrors + Ability to create packages installable anywhere, used for testing xbps or experimental pure data packages as described by @ericonr + Marking for all related hooks at once (nodebug, ...) Disadvantages of noarch: - More complicated cleaning old versions of packages shared between repodatas on primary mirror