Define-attributes macro, is this useful, ideas for improvements?

[simonls]

yes, but this reactivates an issue for me about single package vs split packages.

I think I will create a separate topic about that.

Single Package vs Multiple (-lib -doc -test) & Convenience

Convenience Authoring vs Using Packages When I author a simple package with only a little bit of functionality, I really like the convenience of creating a single package and putting everything inside it. When I want to use a simple package I prefer if it is split up into (-lib -doc -test) because that allows me to depend only on the -lib part of the package and thus avoid slow installation because for example the docs are unnecessarily built for that dependency. These opposing "forces of con…