On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:28:54PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > My own view is that, at least for the common case, static libraries > don't really serve a useful purpose today; they are rarely used, and > needlessly bloat our -dev packages. Wherever possible, we should be > providing shared libraries instead.
Static libraries are still usefull when you want to build binaries that work on other machines. Even if they all run Debian-stable, it can be more convenient than having to install the shared libraries on each of them (especially if you are not root on all). It is even more useful if they do not run all the same distro. For example I compile statically the app on my laptop and run it on the cluster (which does not have the library installed). There are much better ways to save archive space. Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
