Mark Hindess wrote:
I know why we use shared libpng/lcms/jpeg on linux/x86_64 but why don't
we do the same on linux/x86. It would seem much simpler to use shared
libraries for all unix platforms. I assume it is just historical and a
case of someone making minimal changes to get x86_64 to work?
This is what Geir has insisted on for quite a long time. See this thread
[1] for details. I've argued with him, but he's got a good point.
Ideally I think we should have it both ways.
I'd like to change this. And longer term, I'd also like to avoid making
the symlinks and just use the system versions directly.
+1
[1]
http://harmony.markmail.org/message/a2pkslyzsmt6roob?q=static+library+from:%22Geir+Magnusson+Jr%2E%22
P.S. BTW markmail.org is better than gmane.org for searching for old
mail threads.
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Gregory
