On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, > Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries > other than a brief mention in a footnote on convenience copies of code. > > I believe we should say that they're discouraged in general and are > normally only appropriate for shared library maintenance and recovery > tools (ldconfig, etc.) or for security tools.
I agree to that. But that should not mean we should discourage shipping static libraries. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
