myslice-SPEC := myslice.spec
myslice-STOCK-DEVEL-RPMS := python-django
myslice-STOCK-DEVEL-DEBS := python-django python-django-south
-myslice-LOCAL-DEVEL-DEBS := manifold
+# the -LOCAL-DEVEL-DEBS mechanism should work per se
+# however manifold itself depends on sfa so it was starting to be a lot to swallow
+# instead we have trimmed tweaked settings.py so it can be loaded in a build env.
+#myslice-LOCAL-DEVEL-DEBS := manifold
ALL += myslice