Re: proposal to remove static libs from -devel packages for FC5

[Jens Petersen <petersen redhat com>]

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 06:02:10PM +0900, Jens Petersen wrote:
> 
>>Why would libxml2-static have to be installed in the same rpm transaction?
> 
>   because you really can't allow -static and -devel to mismatch

Err, can't the -static package just requires the -devel package with the same EVR?

>>Maintainers perhaps, but it seems most users don't need static libs at all.
> 
>   for me an user, i.e. the person who need to be aware that the library exists
> is a developper, not an end-user. The end-user can't care less, or should not.

Yep, by user here I meant developers of the distro, as in users of -devel
packages.  Sorry for the confusion. :)

>>Ok, but what about all the wasted bandwidth of users who are forced to download
>>static libs as part of -devel packages every time they update that they never
>>ever use?
> 
>   Tell me first why an end-user should need a -devel package ever ?

Indeed people who don't need -devel packages don't need -static either.
My concern is developers having to download static libs that they never use.

Jens