2 Mar
2013
2 Mar
'13
9:16 a.m.
Our packages in our repos by default don't need static libraries (random .a files all around). I think they are a waste of disc space and abuse bandwidth when uploading/mirroring packages. Most users will never need them. I suggest to drop all static libs by creating a ToDo list and install a rule to not ship static libraries anymore, maybe with some exceptions. Whenever users require static libs we should point to abs. Opinions? [andyrtr@workstation64 ~]$ pkgfile -v -g /usr/lib/\*.a | sort | wc -l 3417 There are probably more in other directories. -Andy