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I asked this in <#C046T6T9U|general>, but it's more of a PEX question: <https://pantsbuild.slack.com/archives/C046T6T9U/p1723049120701609>

It's not clear to me what the relationship between `downloads`, `pip` , `installed_wheels` and `packed_wheels` is.

It seems like they overlap - to reduce to cache size i'd like to eliminate some combination, without requiring redownloads/rebuilds

For more prompt responses on PEX, there's a new discord where the current pex maintainer (John) hangs out, which could be worth a visit for pex specifics: <https://discord.gg/29kv3QbW>