apps/files_external/3rdparty is big

[phil-davis]

In apps/files_external there is a folder called 3rdparty which has the various special PHP dependencies. We actually composer install and commit the source code of all those dependencies. It is big:

$ du -hs apps/files_external/3rdparty
86M	apps/files_external/3rdparty

And that ends up in core release tarballs.

If we don't commit the actual dependency code, then:

• builds and tests etc have to do composer install in that folder as part of make
• the release build has to do composer install and "bundle" them into the release tarball anyway

So maybe it does not make a difference that we commit all these files in the core repo?

Or maybe the files_external app could be unbundled and made a separate app, then it would not take up this space in core release tarballs?

I noticed all this again when doing dependabot PR #39567 and make a few comments there.

Thought/comments/opinions welcome.

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