Bug#860302: libmbedtls-dev: please provide static lib in dev package

2017-04-14 Thread SJ Zhu
Yes, I agree there's disadvantage for static linking. My use case is to send a copy of the program to others for testing, so the users don't need to bother the version of the library and focus on testing the program itself. When the program is ready for distrubution, it's better to build a

Bug#860302: libmbedtls-dev: please provide static lib in dev package

2017-04-14 Thread James Cowgill
Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi, On 14/04/17 10:45, Shengjing Zhu wrote: > Package: libmbedtls-dev > Version: 2.4.2-1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > In debian/rules, you set -DUSE_STATIC_MBEDTLS_LIBRARY=OFF, but static > library is useful in development, and .a file should be

Bug#860302: libmbedtls-dev: please provide static lib in dev package

2017-04-14 Thread Shengjing Zhu
Package: libmbedtls-dev Version: 2.4.2-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, In debian/rules, you set -DUSE_STATIC_MBEDTLS_LIBRARY=OFF, but static library is useful in development, and .a file should be put in -dev package according to debian policy 8.3 -- System Information: Debian Release: