On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Henry Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 24 July 2017 at 17:04, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had anticipated that shared linking would save time and disk space, but > > it sounds like, from your testing, it doesn't save much time. Does it > save > > disk space? > > > > I haven't measured but I would expect not. Do we need to be very careful > about disk space in the current configuration? > I don't think so, but since we are trying to entice new community members to commit patches, I am concerned about the cost on developer machines. > > > > > > Does static linking save time when compiling incremental changes? > > > > Again, I haven't measured. > I'm confused. You said, "Static linking doesn't take much longer in my unscientific measurements".
