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Regardless of the circumstances, non-optional binary dependencies doesn’t pass the smell test

Also locking the entire issue from further reactions and comments since "a workaround exists" is a really bad way to handle the PR for this.

Leaving drama to spiral out control is even worse. It's just a mental drain on maintainers.

Locking the comments on the GitHub issue rarely creates less drama though, instead spilling out to other platforms.