Why does RedHat require that iniparser-devel be installed to build their 4.1.1 RPM when the source is in the tree?

[Simo]

On Thu, 2014-10-30 at 12:17 -0700, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Does anyone have a clue why they have iniparser-devel as a
> BuildRequire when the code is in the source tree they import?
> 

We do not use bundled code so we do not have to go and hunt for it when
updates (especially security updates) are made and have to rebuild a
bunch of packages when rebuilding one library suffice.

AKA distribution maintainability.

Simo.