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
