Comment 15 for bug 96700

AFAIK, .la file claimed to be unnecessary for proper libtool functionality. And more importantly - software shouldn't know about what lib in particular it will be linked - it's libtool job to decide.

Quote:
"libtool functions fine without a
.la file, the need for this file was artificial created by neon-config
having an option to expose the .la filename, which AFAICT applications
never actually needed."

Main threads discussing this problem:
Debian:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386652 - removing .la from neon
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400140 - la file missing bug
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-libraries - lib's policy

Subversion:
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=647733 - attempt to fix missing libneon.la
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=659159 - missing libneon.la