Packaging best practices: binary tools in mingw packages

[Sandro Mani]

Hello,

In various review requests, the issue of what to do with binary tools 
(i.e. exe files) has come up.

Currently, most packages seem to either
- Not ship any exes at all
- Ship them in the main package

Some packages ship a separate -tools subpackage.

It would be nice to standardize the practice, I think there are two 
issues to discuss:
1. When should exes be shipped?
2. Should they be shipped in the main package, or in a subpackage (i.e. 
-tools)?

Personally, my approach (but no such package has passed review so far) 
has been to put any {mingw_bindir}/*.exe files which get built in a 
-tools package, which the following rationale:
- Everything that is built and usable on win32 platforms is shipped
- Since tools may be useful to few people, putting them in a subpackage 
allows a user to install them only if he/she needs them.

Comments/ideas?

Thanks
Sandro