GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 788009
3.27: Drop bundled libraries
Last modified: 2017-09-21 20:00:51 UTC
It's common for distros to prefer to use actual libraries instead of "embedded code copies". I think it makes sense for gnome-builder 3.27 to stop bundling the libraries that were split out during the 3.26 cycle. https://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCodeCopies
I agree. When we ported to Meson, these projects weren't standalone projects yet. It should also simplify things on our end a bit.