On March 16, 2013 06:55:36 AM Tobias Hansen wrote: > Am 15.03.2013 13:56, schrieb Julien Puydt: > > a few days ago, bug #702898 asked to add the static libraries to the > > libfplll-dev package. Yesterday, I committed a fix to the git repository > > for the package. > > We would not use the static library in Debian, so you don't have to > provide it just because a bug requests it.
I believe you should provide them, especially if specifically requested. "Our priorities are our users ..." > So I suspect that the guide may just be badly > worded and should say "providing *only* a static library should be > avoided". Yes, I agree. As pointed out elsewhere in the thread, the Debian policy discusses three specific cases where *static only* is acceptable. Otherwise the expectation is both static and shared libraries are provided. Regards, -Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
