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  1. Bug #27942
  2. Comment #45

Comment 45 for bug 27942

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In , Roger Leigh (rleigh-whinlatter) wrote : Re: Policy should require _pic libraries for static-only libraries

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Nathanael Nerode <email address hidden> writes:

> Gerrit Pape wrote:
>> I can't see how you justify severity serious, not through policy
>> AFAIK.

> Good point. Let's amend policy to require that a _pic.a library be
> provided for any static-only library; it seems to be an unreasonable
> omission. I wouldn't consider a library package which can't be used
> by any shared library to be releasable. Would anyone else?

This seems reasonable for /static-only/ libraries, of which I would
hope there are only a handful in the archive.

My own view is that, at least for the common case, static libraries
don't really serve a useful purpose today; they are rarely used, and
needlessly bloat our -dev packages. Wherever possible, we should be
providing shared libraries instead.

Apart from a few special cases (such as hand-optimised assembly, as
Marco mentioned), who actually needs them?

Regards,
Roger

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