static libraries' policy

[Rex Dieter]

Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 18:36 +0100, Christian.Iseli at licr.org wrote:

>>So, my answer to your question: unless you really think static libs are a must 
>>for your package, don't package them.
> 
> 
> They are extremely useful when compiling a piece of software that you
> intend to run on a different distribution.

Is that an audience that Extras should even consider?  (Offhand, I'd say 
it's a very small group).

> If you want to separate them out into a -static package that requires
> the -devel package, that's fine - but to just simply not include them
> will result in some developers switching to a distribution that allows
> THEM to decide whether or not to build software against a static library
> or not rather than imposing on them how they are to compile software.

If a developer makes his distribution choice based on the availability 
of static libraries, then I think they have bigger things to worry about.

-- Rex