On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 3:56 PM Ben Beasley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I recently took over maintaining the mathematical (computational exact > linear algebra) library IML[1]. After a careful investigation, I’ve > concluded that nothing in Fedora currently requires the static version > of this library. Dependent packages linbox, sagemath, and Macaulay2 all > use the shared library. > > Given this, and given the general rule that static libraries should not > be packaged in Fedora where it can be avoided, I plan to stop building > the static library, drop the iml-static subpackage, and Obsolete the > iml-static subpackage via the iml package—all in Rawhide only—assuming > nobody speaks up to tell me that I’ve missed a reason to keep it around. >
I'd recommend obsoleting it with the -devel package instead of the main one, since it's a devel-only subpackage anyway. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
