Should third-party static libraries be included as an item in VC++ 2010 project?

I use third party static library (provided as a .LIB file without source code) in my project. For linking purposes it is enough to add it via "Properties/Linker/Input->Additional Depende开发者_如何学Pythonncies"

This library is not used in any other project in the solution.

I wonder if I should add it as an item to project file itself. The advantages that I see: it will be immediately obvious that this project uses it and one wouldn't have to add it to version control system manually (anything that is a part of the project/solution is added automatically if you use something like AnkSVN).

The project in VCS must be buildable. It is impossible without the lib. So you should add it.