On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 15:35 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > If you want to install it as a shared library you also want to track > its > ABI and give it a SONAME, which is more work. Shipping it as a PIC > static lib which you don't have to be as careful with possible ABI > breaks, but you can still embed it in something like a python module > (which must be PIC). >
This is an important point. We are waisting time trying to guess what this patch is for. Implementing a feature correctly is always less work. This loose option looks like a hack to me. I did not see any precedent in all of xorg modules and there is still no assurance it will work correctly on all platforms.
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