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Update README with some explanation as to why distros might want to use this.

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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if you do this, it will be running in native mode, so you may have some very
strange results as the dependency graph is compiled differently in native
mode.
## technical design
## technical design (why pkgconf is better for distros)
pkgconf builds an acyclic directed dependency graph. This allows for the user
to more conservatively link their binaries -- which may be helpful in some
@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ other hand builds a database of all known pkg-config files on the system before
attempting to resolve dependencies, which is a considerably slower and less
efficient design.
pkgconf also does not provide support for pointlessly stupid features implemented
in pkg-config.
pkgconf also does not bundle any third-party libraries or depend on any third-party
libraries, making it a great tool for embedded systems and distributions with
security concerns.
## compiling