Static linking considered harmful

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:27:54PM -0500, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> In this case please reread this thread, that's exactly what we'd like
> ISVs to avoid and all the reasons stated in the thread why static
> linking is not desirable for that purpose apply to the vast majority
> of ISV uses of static linking.

You persuade the ISVs to stop using static linking by proving them with
more stable API's and interfaces to improve on the current LSB, along
with easy ways to build a back compatible binary

You persuade ISVs to drop Linux support by high-handedly dumping static
support so they can't use it. Solve their problem and they'll solve yours