Re: Packaging of static libraries
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 09:06:50PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 05:57:16PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > > whether it is advisable to try hard to provide static libraries even if
> > > > upstream build system does not easily provide both.
> > > Note that it's only a wishlist severity bug if you don't provide it.
> > I do not mind about the severity of the bug (since IMHO also wishlist
> > bugs should be closed). My point was that to my understanding people
> > are misunderstanding policy when giving the advise to ignore static
> > library.
> If you want to provide them it's fine, I don't think anybody will stop you
> (and if there are reasons, we should update the policy). You are just not
> obliged to do that work if you don't have enough resources or it's too
> complicated.
I think we all agree here. Static libraries should be provided if possible,
but it's acceptable if you don't do it. However, as Andreas points out, if
people are advising in general to not package static libraries (or worse, to
remove them from a package), that is wrong.
In specific cases it can be fine ("it seems to be hard to do it here, I
wouldn't bother"), but not in general ("packages shouldn't contain static
libraries").
Thanks,
Bas
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