Re: Intent to drop iml-static subpackage (static version of IML library)

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On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 3:56 PM Ben Beasley <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I recently took over maintaining the mathematical (computational exact
> linear algebra) library IML[1]. After a careful investigation, I’ve
> concluded that nothing in Fedora currently requires the static version
> of this library. Dependent packages linbox, sagemath, and Macaulay2 all
> use the shared library.
>
> Given this, and given the general rule that static libraries should not
> be packaged in Fedora where it can be avoided, I plan to stop building
> the static library, drop the iml-static subpackage, and Obsolete the
> iml-static subpackage via the iml package—all in Rawhide only—assuming
> nobody speaks up to tell me that I’ve missed a reason to keep it around.
>

I'd recommend obsoleting it with the -devel package instead of the
main one, since it's a devel-only subpackage anyway.



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