Dependencies Policy?

[Rex Dieter]

John Layt wrote:

> I was wondering if we need to define a "New Dependencies" policy, or at
> least some guidelines to remind people what to think about when choosing
> or creating new dependencies?

I would welcome a formal policy.

here's some references I found to related existing documents and policies 
include:
http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.7_Release_Schedule#Thursday.2C_May_12.2C_2011:_KDE_4.7_Dependency_Freeze
http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Library_Code_Policy#External_Dependencies

-- Rex