bug#65206: 29.1; [windows][patch] build-deps-zips.py is broken and hard to maintain

[Corwin Brust]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 8:29 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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> Would you mind providing an overview of the process by which the
> script (and maybe some additional measures) collect(s) the list of the
> dependency packages for the binary distro, including the main ideas
> and information sources?  It is hard to glean all that from just a
> patch, or even by reading the script, and I think that, given the
> pains this gives, perhaps some new ideas are in order.

I will happily try my best; sorry that it cannot be immediately/today.
In any case, I completely agree with you.