> Nothing's stopping you from including them in the binary release. They > should be excluded in the source release.
It's been easier to keep these .so there. I'm about to give up maintaining 32 bits. but right now you would need to log on 32 bits.. compile it.. log on 64 bits.. compile it..to make a full binary distribution from the source. removing the .so will only complicate things.. I don't think we should be so purist on this matter. Although if more people think this is an issue.. I'm always reasonable to change my opinion.. I have been doing this way just to make it easier on people building it.
