avoid git submodules

debian/patches/0001-remove-git-submodules.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
+Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 15:51:16 -0400
+Subject: remove git submodules
+
+we use package dependencies instead when building in debian
+---
+ .gitmodules | 3 ---
+ autogen.sh  | 8 --------
+ 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
+ delete mode 100644 .gitmodules
+
+diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
+deleted file mode 100644
+index d74114d..0000000
+--- a/.gitmodules
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
+-[submodule "list"]
+-	path = list
+-	url = https://github.com/publicsuffix/list
+diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
+index 9de26f5..2c6dc20 100755
+--- a/autogen.sh
++++ b/autogen.sh
+@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ if test $? -ne 0; then
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+-GIT=`which git 2>/dev/null`
+-if test $? -ne 0; then
+-  echo "No 'git' found. You must install the git package."
+-  exit 1
+-fi
+-
+ # create m4 before gtkdocize
+ mkdir m4 2>/dev/null
+ 
+@@ -27,8 +21,6 @@ else
+   $GTKDOCIZE || exit $?
+ fi
+ 
+-$GIT submodule init
+-$GIT submodule update
+ $AUTORECONF --install --force --symlink || exit $?
+ 
+ echo

debian/patches/series

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+0001-remove-git-submodules.patch