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On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 23:50 +0200, Rémi Cardona wrote: |
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> Open Question part: |
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> Since I don't have any thing other than Gentoo : does anyone know how |
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> other distros handle static libs in their -dev packages? |
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Fedora's policy [1] is to only include static libraries when absolutely |
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necessary, such as with libpci or other libraries that ship *only* |
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static incarnations (though in these cases the packager is heavily |
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encouraged to pester the upstream developer(s) about building a shared |
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library as well); or for specific exceptions where full and satisfactory |
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reason is given for the inclusion of static libraries (such as, perhaps, |
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low-level rescue utilities like grub and others, though they generally |
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then need to explicitly be in a foo-static subpackage when built). All |
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such cases need to be approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering |
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Committee (FESCo). |
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> Does anyone care about static libs except for maybe really really low |
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> level stuff? |
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They are useful for rescue operations and whatnot, when a LiveCD or |
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similar is not handy; or perhaps when the computer cannot boot from an |
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alternative medium. That's the only major benefit I see of them. |
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> My Opinion part: |
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> I'd definitely would like to see them leave my system for good as I have |
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> no use for 99% of them whatsoever. |
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> Open Question part: |
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> Could some FEATURE disable static libs building by default in desktop |
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> profiles, with some (like the 5 packages Roman pointed out) using |
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> something like a RESTRICT? |
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Back when I used Gentoo (mid-2003 through Nov. 2005), I remember there |
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being a "-static" flag that could be set. I don't remember if that was |
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in FEATURES or USE though; and not all ebuilds honored it. :| Is there |
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similar functionality in modern Portage? |
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[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#StaticLibraries |
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