On 27-Feb-2001 Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 10:21:44AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> what to do about shared objects that are not meant to be linked against, >> i.e. >> plugins? > > If a .so is not meant to be linked against and is not in a directory for > shared libraries (e.g. the linker path), it's not a shared library and it > doesn't have to abide by the rules for shared libraries. > > (I really wonder how many more times will this have to be restated until the > existing practice is finally documented in Policy.) >
there is a mixmatch proposal in the BTS, it needs to be ack'ed by the policy group and applied.
