How to handle upstreams with bundled libs (Was Re: December 2010 Fedora Election Plan)

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 10/28/2010 10:51 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 10/28/2010 07:50 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>> Spot is helping a great deal by stripping
>> out those libraries that he can and helping Google's upstream become
>> aware of the problem that those bundles represent.
> 
> FWIW, Google does not care. They have made practically zero effort to do
> anything, and in most of the cases I highlighted, they don't see the
> situation as a problem.
> 
> To be honest, I'm not sure if this adds to or takes away from the rest
> of your points, but I wanted to be clear there.
> 
> I see it as a help, most people do, but Google does not.


Thanks for the clarification. Regardless, I see this as the correct
approach to be taking, so keep up your efforts :)

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