> Yep, that seems to be the case, and it is sufficient for all clients of V8
> that I know of.

I don't know what you definition of 'client' is in this context, but I
for one use the static libv8 and would be very concerned if the option
to build this was dropped.

> There's no need to explicitly specify it as it's the default behavior
> anyway.

It sounds like you are saying the static lib is built by default.  Is
that true?  It contradicts most everything else you say in this post.

> Why do you need libv8.a in the first place? Look at d8.gyp for an example
> how you can statically link against V8. It "just works". Generally speaking,
> if you have a choice at all, you should opt for dynamic linking (i.e. shared
> libraries).

I am uncomfortable dynamically linking against projects in very active
development.  We are a small company with v8 running on half a dozen
different servers.  There is a high likely hood of breaking things by
deploying an add but forgetting to deploy an updated shared lib.

I am not aware that statically linking to a .so is possible.  I
scanned the d8.gyp file.  I don't speak gyp but I did not see anything
about this.

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Bryan White

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