Re: Questions before my first upload attempt
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Um, no. We have literally thousands of packages shipping static libraries
> (in addition to shared libraries). Policy §8.3 says:
> “The static library (‘<libraryname.a>’) is usually provided in addition to
> the shared version.”
Due to the downsides we should probably change that part of policy and
preventing the addition of new static libs is an essential part of
such a change.
https://wiki.debian.org/StaticLinking
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bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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