Yep, all that "line" thingy is meaningless, and it is even worse when you are serious enough to consider the life cycle of many pieces of software (does not work with all software).
From a life cycle (and more) perspective, it can be very "better" to write some software with 1000 lines with less deps than 10 with more deps...
From a life cycle (and more) perspective, it can be very "better" to write some software with 1000 lines with less deps than 10 with more deps...