Hallo, * Bas Wijnen [Sun, Jul 19 2015, 04:10:21AM]: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 05:30:04PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > It's less of a library than an environment used for research. Compiling > > is just a required step to run your code, but applications are usually > > not distributed in binary form. > > What is the benefit of providing a shared library at all? Why not ship only a > static library?
This is not a rhetorical question, is it? The obvious benefit is the whole principle of a library: common code is shared across multiple binaries. I prefer a lib of 2MB size and 5x executable (100kB each) over 10MB. The package size might still be ok (xz works well on duplicated code) but the installed size isn't. > > Changing the soname often is not an issue; it's just for Debian if the > > package name changes with the soname... > > It's not a problem if the SONAME is changed a lot. The problem is that it That's a "problem" that has made me wondering for years. We are over-complicating things; we interpret the simple fact of "has a SONAME" as an obligation to make the thing available to all potential users of that library... even if there are no users who care! And won't care in future because it's clear that upstream is not using a stable API. If it isn't clear, than making it clear should be the easier mission. Regards, Eduard. -- <leichenwagen>Erst wenn der letzte Programmierer eingesperrt und die letzte Idee patentiert ist, werdet ihr merken, daß Anwälte nicht programmieren können -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150719090645.ga26...@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de
