Bug#168435: debian-policy: Remove the requirement to install static libraries
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 04:25:00PM +0100, Sebastian Rittau wrote:
> The main aspect of this proposal is the removed requirement of
> including static versions of each library in the corresponding -dev
> package. Many modern libraries don't work well as a static library and
> usage of static libraries should be deprecated except for a few
> specific cases.
I'd be curious to know of an example of a "modern library" which doesn't
work well when compiled statically.
> This policy change would allow maintainers to decide for themselves,
> whether a static version of their library is useful, [...]
Whether linking against a static version of a library is useful may only
be determined by the requirements of library's users, not the
maintainer.
--bod
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