On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 01:05:46PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > - Private dependencies, as they leak to rdeps. When a library uses > another library privately this dependency gets linked in directly > in all other rdeps, when that library stop depending on that > private dependency, all rdeps need to be rebuilt.
Strictly speaking, if you're only using static libraries this is not really true; once you've compiled something against a static library, the static library might change in whatever way it sees fit, the compiled binary will continue to work, with or without recompilation. This isn't true if you're using a mix of shared and static libraries, of course. [...] > * Produces huge binaries (and packages), which use more memory that > cannot be shared across processes (unlike shared libraries). Also, if a significant body of code exists that uses a particular library, this will have a significant influence on mirror archive size, and installed size of Debian systems. [...] -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130102212637.ga18...@grep.be
