Re: Bug#37257: [PROPOSED] libtool `.la' files in `-dev' packages

[Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>]

Hi,

On  7 May, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
 > On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 05:34:46PM -0500, Ossama Othman wrote:
 > 
 > > As such, installing the `.la' files in `-dev' packages seems like a good
 > > idea, especially for static linking issues.  Many developers do not
 > > include the `.la' files in the `-dev' packages.  My proposal is to make
 > > packages that use libtool to create shared libraries install the generated
 > > `.la' files in corresponding `-dev' packages.
 > 
 > After reading several of the arguments presented in this discussion and
 > considering the benefits gained (from a software developer POV), I second
 > this proposal.

Great!  That's two seconders (Marcus and Marcelo).  Do we have a
general consensus to make an ammendment to the Policy?

Thanks,
-Ossama
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Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>
Center for Distributed Object Computing, Washington University, St. Louis
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