On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 01:04:05PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 07:55:08PM +0300, Mark Brown wrote:
> >Yes, although the main issue is likely to be people shipping a separate > >copy of the source. > Not necessarily, because a tgz might include source that isn't actually > used. Yes, obviously people can include a copy of the source and not use it (like GnuPG does, for example) - that's not a problem. Indeed, it's a fairly reasonable approach for people who expect their code to be compiled in enviromnents where zlib is often not avaliable, such as Windows. Unfortunately it's reasonably common for people who do this to not to bother putting the appropriate magic in their build systems and just use it unconditionally. I'd be more surprised to see things that manage to link statically with the system libz without being totally static since that requires special effort that people are unlikely to go to without having some motivation. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
