Package dependencies may be included in either packages.yml or dependencies.yml

[dbeatty10]

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What are you changing in this pull request and why?

db users have (4) choices as it relates to packages.yml and dependencies.yml files:

1. Neither packages.yml nor dependencies.yml
2. Only packages.yml
3. Only dependencies.yml
4. Both packages.yml and dependencies.yml*

* If both files exist, then only one of them can define the packages: key (i.e., packages.yml !).

Side note

To me, the most simple instructions would be:

1. Add any package dependencies to packages.yml
2. Add any project dependencies to dependencies.yml

That would keep things very understandable without needing to get into the details of caveats like Jinja, private packages, etc.

So I opened #6129 with this suggested simplification.

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[mirnawong1]

lgtm thank you @dbeatty10 !