Bug#602316: Library Bundling

[Clint Byrum <clint@ubuntu.com>]

On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 12:09 -0500, Craig Andrews wrote:
> One of the problems with mod_pagespeed is that it bundles a bunch of
> libraries (such as zlib and libpng) and included them bundled in the
> Debian package would be a policy violation. I created an issue in
> mod_pagespeed's bug tracker requesting that they at least optionally
> unbundle libraries:
> https://code.google.com/p/modpagespeed/issues/detail?id=226
> 
> 

Thanks Craig. IIRC, Google sees things differently for their own
concerns. They've found that for a single binary product, they can
provide better support given their own assembly of dependencies rather
than a distribution set of dependencies.

Still, this can be resolved by simply replacing the expected bundled
libraries with system libraries during the build. A few things that are
embedded need to be packaged as well, but that will be part of the
effort.

I haven't had much time to spend on mod_pagespeed since filing the ITP,
but I still want to resolve the *extremely* difficult bundling and build
issues and get it available with all the usual assurances one can expect
from a Debian package.