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Issue 13732002: Linux: move use_system_harfbuzz logic out of the main file. (Closed) Base URL: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src
Patch Set: README Created 7 years, 8 months ago
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+This directory contains files that make it possible to use system libraries.
+
+For more info please read the following:
+
+ - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries
+ - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Why_not_bundle_dependencies
+ - http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-embeddedfiles
+
+For more Chromium-specific context please read
+http://spot.livejournal.com/312320.html .
+
+This directory is provided in the source tree to follow above guidelines.
+It is a compromise solution which takes into account Chromium developers
+who want to avoid the perceived burden of more conditional code in gyp,
+and expectations of Open Source community, where using system-provided
+libraries is the norm.
darin (slow to review) 2013/04/22 19:11:33 This is a good description of "why" this code exis
Paweł Hajdan Jr. 2013/04/22 21:07:18 Good point. Done. Thanks!
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