I keep hearing that a static version of pgAdmin3 is desired, so I 
thought that I would just squash the thought before it gets to far.  It 
would be next to impossible to release a static version of pgAdmin3 
because of the large number of dependencies of the program.  Keep in 
mind, that just because we link against a static version of the 
wxWindows library, doesn't mean that we aren't using shared symbols.  We 
would also need static versions of glibc, PostgreSQL, and any libraries 
against which any of those programs link.  We  would need to be able to 
pull in static code for *every* library that our program touches, or any 
library that a library our program touches touches.  I think statically 
linking against wxWindows is a good idea, since it is not likely to be 
available on client machines, but to statically link against something 
like the GNU C Library is just an unnecessary headache, since it's not 
unreasonable to require a client to have that library installed (every 
other program on the machine requires it too!).  Just my 2 cents.

ahp


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