Re: PROPOSAL: libtool archive (`*.la) files in `-dev' packages

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Chris Waters wrote:
> I would like to know more about the pros and cons of the proposal
> before participating in any sort of "consensus".  My impression has
> been that libtool is mostly not needed on Linux-based systems.  So,
> I'm a little dubious about the idea of requiring it in -dev packages.
> But I'm open to debate.

I think the proposal was just to include .la files in -dev packages if the
.la files are produced by the build process. I didn't read it as mandating
that everything use libtool.

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