Bug#758815: RFS: libircclient/1.8-1 [ITA]

[Eriberto Mota <eriberto@debian.org>]

2014-08-21 16:37 GMT-03:00 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>:
> * Eriberto Mota <eriberto@debian.org>, 2014-08-21, 16:16:
>
>> 4. libircclient-dev.install: remove .a. From Maintainers Guide[2]:
>>
>> Shared libraries are distributed as *.so files. (Neither *.a files nor
>> *.la files)
>
>
> Policy §8.3 permits shipping static libraries in the -dev package: “The
> static library (<libraryname.a>) is usually provided in addition to the
> shared version. It is placed into the development package […].”
>
> --
> Jakub Wilk

Hum... This is confusing... We have two official references
conflicting. And I saw a few time ago it (and you too):

https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2014/04/msg00057.html

Well, what to do?

Thanks in advance Jakub.

Eriberto