On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:07 +0000, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 19:00, Richard Purdie > <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 17:31 +0000, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> I personally prefer -static. -staticlib seems redundant for me since > >> we can end with libfoo-staticlib > > > > -static doesn't really work well given we already have -static packages > > meaning something else (e.g. the busybox case). > > Aren't we changing the wrong name? In my opinion then busybox ought to > be renamed. Like busybox-staticlinked or busybox-nolibs.
I think it goes to show that -static is a bad choice of name as it can take so many different meanings. Its also why I feel strong it should reflect what people would use it for, not what it physically contains. Cheers, Richard _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
