[shigarg1]

Fixes #17014

As part of this, there will still be some copies but it significantly reduces the overall size.

Currently there can be three copies

1. in lib
2. from dist profile
3. from bundle-contrib-exts profile

Distribution size before fix - 911M
Distribution size after fix - 603M

[abhishekagarwal87]

Extensions don't access jars that are in the other extension folders. Have you considered that?

[shigarg1]

Extensions don't access jars that are in the other extension folders. Have you considered that?

No, I did not know about this. Will they have access to jars in lib folder?

[abhishekagarwal87]

Extensions don't access jars that are in the other extension folders. Have you considered that?

No, I did not know about this. Will they have access to jars in lib folder?

Yes

[shigarg1]

@cryptoe can you please help to review this.

[FrankChen021]

MergeLens review deferred: this PR currently has a definite merge conflict with master.

Current head: deps at 5c52ec066f9ffba07d614957822f0c7445a1cfa6.
Please resolve the conflicts with master and push a new head so the code can be reviewed. Reviewed 0 files; review was deferred because the PR conflicts with master.

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