[Reduce-algebra-developers] Remove bundled libraries from REDUCE source code

[Andrey I. <ign...@im...>]

Hello,

I am building REDUCE from source code in GNU Guix operation 
system/package manager. Currently I have written a package definition 
which builds CSL version of REDUCE with FOX GUI successfully, at least 
on my laptop with Intel x86_64 architecture. Now I have realized that 
REDUCE source code contains a few bundled libraries, such as fox, 
editline, crlibm, softfloat, etc. Since GNU Guix packaging guidelines 
recommend to package such libraries separately, here I have the 
following questions.

1. As far as I understand some of these libraries are 
customized/modified versions of the original ones. Is it possible to 
compile REDUCE with original versions of these libraries as external 
dependencies without impact on performance?

2. Which of these bundled libraries can be easily replaced with their 
external counterparts?

3. What modifications to the build scripts should be made to compile 
with external libraries?

Thank you.


Best Regards,
Andrey Ignatenko