On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 01:03:35AM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > - should a package debian/control list bundled dependencies to make > sure to avoid duplications ? Maybe? I noted in my final paragraph that Fedora has a mechanism for this that we don't, but perhaps Provides is sufficient. > - when a bundled package dependency is already available in debian, > and is the same (unpatched), should the upstream source tarball be > repacked without that dependency, or kept inside the source tarball ? I omitted this from the policy side, because it seems like this is already answered in ftp-master practice. Provided the vendored copy is not used during the build and unless there is a *different* reason for repacking with Files-Excluded, then I see no reason to remove it. -- emorrp1
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