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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index a3684a5e1d..18d891db4e 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -289,6 +289,20 @@ Make sure the package builds on your platform, using @code{guix build @var{package}}. @item +@cindex bundling +Make sure the package does not use bundled copies of software already +available as separate packages. + +Sometimes, packages include copies of the source code of their +dependencies as a convenience for users. However, as a distribution, we +want to make sure that such packages end up using the copy we already +have in the distribution, if there is one. This improves resource usage +(the dependency is built and stored only once), and allows the +distribution to make transverse changes such as applying security +updates for a given software package in a single place and have them +affect the whole system---something that bundled copies prevent. + +@item Take a look at the profile reported by @command{guix size} (@pxref{Invoking guix size}). This will allow you to notice references to other packages unwillingly retained. It may also help determine |