[Fedora-packaging] Static Library Policy Draft Changes

[Rex Dieter]

Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 14:17 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:

>> I actually think we only should have a Provide for *-static, so that people who 
>> want to use static libs now and in the future (when there may be a shared 
>> version) , can guarantee they will get the static version by BuildRequiring the 
>> -static, since very few packages will ever have a real *-static-noshared, 
>> having a virtual provides for this feels wrong.
> 
> The problem is two-fold:
 > ...

Thanks, I think I finally have a grasp of all the motivations here, and 
agree the new draft is the best way forward.

-- Rex

p.s.  static libraries suck