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Re: Handling application private libs



Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> immo vero scripsit:

> Sometimes this happens because it makes sense to share the library within
> the (to conserve resources), but either:
> 
> - It does not make sense for other programs to use the library (very
>   specific)

But we all know that it is very often untrue :)
 
> - The author is not willing to maintain a stable ABI or version the library
>   appropriately

And we all know that in terms of Debian, they get to keep their
ABI for 2 years, at least ... ;P


If it is autoconfiscated source, making them not use shared 
libs is usually only "--enable-shared=no" away...


regards,
	junichi

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