if not depending on -dev packages for static builds is a bug is debatable, shared libraries are the preferred way for distributions which packages cater to.
It certainly does not make it unusable
pangoft2 is in the -dev package in quantal:
libpango1.0-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.a
if not depending on -dev packages for static builds is a bug is debatable, shared libraries are the preferred way for distributions which packages cater to.
It certainly does not make it unusable
pangoft2 is in the -dev package in quantal: x86_64- linux-gnu/ libpangoft2- 1.0.a
libpango1.0-dev: /usr/lib/
in which distribution is it not?