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remove duplicate section of user-changes.md (#1477)
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"Enable shared dependencies by default" was in there twice.
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atalii authored Oct 20, 2023
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When enabled, updates may happen before executing commands that rely on
indexes: `get`, `search`, `with`, etc.

### Enable shared dependencies by default

PR [#1449](https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1449)

Pre-2.0, Alire worked always in "sandboxed" mode; that is, all source
dependencies were found under `<workspace>/alire/cache`. This behavior can be
now enabled with `alr config --set dependencies.shared false`, locally or
globally.

By default, post-2.0, Alire works in "shared" mode, where sources are
downloaded once (to `~/.cache/alire/releases`) and unique builds are created
(under `~/.cache/alire/builds`) for unique configurations. This should minimize
rebuilds across crate configurations and workspaces, and eliminate risks of
inconsistencies.

Disk use is decreased by unique source downloads, but might be increased by
unique build configurations. Cache management and cleanup will be provided down
the road. The build cache can always be deleted to retrieve disk space, at the
cost of triggering rebuilds.

Unique builds are identified by a build hash which takes into account the
following inputs for a given release:

- Build profile
- Environment variables modified in the manifest
- GPR external variables declared or set
- Configuration variables declared or set
- Compiler version
- Vaue of `LIBRARY_TYPE` and `<CRATE>_LIBRARY_TYPE` variables.
- Hash of dependencies

### Deprecation of `dependencies.dir` in favor of `dependencies.shared`

PR [#1419](https://github.com/alire-project/alire/pull/1419)
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