One would question at this point, whats the benefit of this library if such complex scenario needs to be considered each time you need to use it :)
On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Pekka Vuorela <pekka.vuor...@jolla.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 21:33 +0200, rinigus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > when using non-Qt libraries, its sometimes required to link to libicu > > with its friends. When distributing applications linking to it, you > > end up with 25MB of library data that is also provided in the system. > > On my device, there are three apps using it (2 mine). With many > > complaining about Sony X root partition size, I wonder how standard > > this library is in SFOS installations. I would expect its always > > there. If it is standard, shouldn't we get it into permitted libs > > list for Jolla Harbour? > > Sorry, but not that simple: > http://userguide.icu-project.org/design#TOC-ICU-Binary-Compatibility:-U > sing-ICU-as-an-Operating-System-Level-Library > > I've long hoped for getting icu updated too (which isn't too simple > either). Guess there could be hope in having some day support with the > rules set in above link, we already do build with --disable-renaming. > > In the meanwhile, it's also possible to strip away a lot of data from > icu builds: > http://userguide.icu-project.org/icudata#TOC-Customizing-ICU-s-Data-Lib > rary > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscribe@lists. > sailfishos.org
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