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maximal or minimal deletion when creating dfsg tarball?



My package source tarball contains some "convenience copies of code". I have 
modified the package to use to the external package instead, so this code is 
now unneeded and unused.

Unfortunately, my upsteam's upstream, (ie. the source my upstream copied 
from), also included some unsourced binaries (documentation in the form of 
.pdf), with this code.

Except for the unsourced binaries, this code is properly licenced.

I must remove these, creating a dfsg tarball.

It has been suggested by a respected reviewer that while I am removing the 
unsourced binaries, I remove ALL of the "convenience copies of code". That way 
the unused code would not confuse anyone.

I thought, that when creating a dfsg tarball, one should remove only the files 
with licensing problems.

What is the proper procedure? Remove only the unsourced binaries, or all of 
the unused code?

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