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Re: Development packages.



* Matt Brubeck (mbrubeck@cs.hmc.edu) wrote:
> Stephen Frost wrote:
> > We shouldn't be shipping or using static libraries.
> 
> Why not?  I know we shouldn't be linking to static libraries in our
> packaged software, but having the static libraries available is
> important for some end-users and local administrators.

Pffft.  Honestly, I think that claim of end-users and local
administrators using static libraries is rather dated and rarely the
case these days.  Regardless, we shouldn't be using them and the end
users and local admins who actually need to link against things
statically can figure out the dependencies.

	Stephen

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