On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Patrice Dumas <pertusus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 01:17:18PM +0200, Adam Tkac wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As part of the libjpeg-turbo F14 feature >> (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/libjpeg-turbo) I would like >> to drop the libjpeg.a static library. No package in the Fedora uses it >> so I don't see any reason for its existence. > > Static libraries in fedora are never of use inside fedora. So reasons > for the existence of static libraries cannot be in Fedora. > >> I would like to ask you if you know any external project which will be >> broken by this step. > > Grads distribute static libraries, including libjpeg, although the > traditional way of doing it is to recompile it from source. > > When I used fedora, I sometimes compiled statically models to be run on > different systems. I don't recall if libjpeg was among the libraries I > needed. That wouldn't be surprising, however, in case I generated images > or maps as part of the output of a model run. Also if I recall well, gd > is also often use for that kind of use, and, also if I recall well it > depends on libjpeg. It is actually very much used in static items... mozilla and such used to pull it in. Commercial software usually compiles it in also. > I can also guess that my use is very marginal in fedora land, it is not > clear that banishing static libs completly in fedora (except for very > special packages, like binutils and gcc) wouldn't pass nowadays. > > -- > Pat > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
