-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 28/09/13 19:32, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 28.09.2013 16:26, schrieb Delcypher:
I really don't think that completely removing static libraries from the repositories is the correct approach because it I believe the choice of whether or not to have static libraries on your system should be down to the user and not the distro
This has been discussed more than once, always with the same result. Static libraries are a dead end and are going away.
I think it's a shame people think that static libraries are completely dead. Although I agree that shared libraries are usually preferable to static libraries there are circumstances where their use is warranted (e.g. building portable executables). I would also be remiss if I did not point out a prominent software project that I doubt will ever switch to using shared libraries completely which is LLVM. [1] explains the reasoning behind using static libraries which is completly sensible. I notice that the Arch llvm package still has it's static libraries. Just my two cents. [1] 11.4.2. LLVM is a Collection of Libraries http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJHTyUACgkQnsttD+nT/6MkGQCgv8U+coh7AnL694bCJzue1ZL2 nkgAn0r8PiUE985dr7JLYGlLy+opivpv =CHx1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----