Re: [gentoo-dev] Proliferation of IUSE=static-libs in Gentoo

[Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:40:44 +0100
Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:

> As part of that we also shouldn't deliver static libraries

OK, so you want to absolutely kill dead the only current sane way for
developers who use Gentoo to ship static binaries to their users'
target systems? Drive them away to another Linux distro that does
support being the build platform that they need? Or force everyone to
use EXTRA_ECONF"--enable-static" and hope for them that it works for
all packages? All just because static linking *between* ebuilds is bad?

> So, developers, please *stop adding USE=static-libs* to random
> libraries that have no reason whatever to be statically linked to.

You could just as well work on stopping the package manager from linking
to static libraries instead and leave other developers to add
IUSE=static-libs as they please, so that no one has to worry about
static linking of packages that we do support in the package manager.

Please rethink your stated opinion thoroughly.

Also, please drop "random" from every odd sentence you post - it makes
your target audience feel like they're idiots who "didn't get it".

Also, please stop marketing your opinions as set in stone policy -
you're here to discuss things and develop policy, but your condescending
and authoritarian tone isn't helping the argument.


Kind regards,
     jer