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[ihsw]

It does kick the can down the road, but it kicks it pretty far.

I'm not the parent but your question is completely valid -- trying to get dependencies of dependencies sends us down a very deep rabbit hole.

This is usually where dynamic linking and shrinkwrapping[1]/vendoring[2] start entering serious discussions.

[1] http://blog.goguardian.com/nerds/shrinkwrap-not-just-for-mur...

[2] https://github.com/tools/godep