If I have more dependencies listed than I actually need, what is the 
easiest way to check?
Where is the easiest place to see the list of packages that don't need to 
be explicitly declared?  Which, if I understand correctly, should be all 
the bootstrap packages.

I would like to add a Packaging 101 to the wiki where I explain quick and 
dirty ways to get a package running.

My typical method:

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   Add the make jobs to my ./etc/conf 
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   Find source I want to package.  
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   Look at list of depends if the dev has it readily available.
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   Find the equivalent void packages that have those depends.  If the 
   depends have a 32bit version, add it to target, if not, add it to host
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   Add them to a template along with all the basic information.
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   Tell xbps to install
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   grab the checksum from hostdir, add it to the template, and run again. 
   -- Can also download the file separately but I prefer to do it this way for 
   consistency
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   Notice any config errors and add more dependencies. 
   
Keep going about it that way till it builds, if there are other strange 
errors I take a look at the AUR to see if they patch it.  At that point 
I'll either make a patch or try to run a GIT version.

If I have any questions I consult the Manual religiously.  If I still can't 
figure it out I'd post to google+, thankfully now people are using this 
forum so I can post here.

As for the "depends" line, I'm also not sure how to figure out everything a 
package depends on.  If I check the dependencies on package foo after I 
build it, and I haven't added any depends, will it still list the depends I 
need to add to the template?  Or does xbps-query get it's depends 
information from the built package?

I'd like to refine my process here with knowledge from the community before 
doing a write up on the wiki.

Things that I'd like to add to the wiki:

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   my process, as noted above
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   an example of each build style with explanations
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   an example without a build style
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   How to install a custom built package
   
If you've gotten this far, thanks for taking the time and I hope I can get 
some new insight on how I suck at packaging ^_^