Hi list, Upstream for a package I maintain has as of its latest release started bundling and requiring a third-party header-only library. I am considering packaging that third-party library (it's useful to me, at the very least) but I think it's a borderline case of whether it warrants being a package on its own. In particular, it does not do versioned releases, and it comes with no documentation (though its use is clear if one is well-versed with the academic side of what the library does and one inspects the header files).
In light of this, I am tempted to – at least temporarily – accepting the bundling from upstream until such time as the bundled library becomes more fit for separate packaging, or I go ahead package it anyway. I would track the bundling as a bug and act on it when/if a separate package enters Debian. Is this within the realm of acceptable bundling? Best, Gard
