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+This file is used to document items of interest to developers wishing to become
+contributers to the kiki project.
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+=== Dependencies Policy ===
+* The current approach in terms of library dependencies is as follows:
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+        1) Use the api of packages most recently published to hackage
+        even though they may not be functional in debian/stable.
+
+        2) Attempt to build with only haskell platform packages which do not require
+        versions of external libraries beyond what is distributed on debian/stable, and
+        use #if directives to effectively backport the code base to older apis.
+
+* This approach keeps the code base fresh without limiting it's ease of install
+  and utility on existing systems.