Hi! On Oct 3, 2014 8:21 PM, "Peter Keel" <bugt...@discordia.ch> wrote: > Hi > > libva-dev lacks libva.a and libva.la, and I think it's policy > that it should have that.
Well, "should" is too strong, for sure. Debian Policy is quite clear about that, stating that static libraries should be provided *in addition* to shared ones. So it's not mandatory. Just my 2 cents. mfv [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-static -- (Imagine a red swirl here)
