[Bug 459088] Review Request: protobuf - Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

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--- Comment #24 from Rick L Vinyard Jr <rvinyard@xxxxxxxxxxx>  2008-10-31 12:23:33 EDT ---
> > 
> > * Shipping -static subpackage
> >   - Please explain why this package is needed where -devel
> >     subpackage is provided which includes .so symlink libraries.
> >     Usually static archives must be removed unless
> >     the package does not provide shared libraries.
> 
> I just think this can be handy, and I generally disagree with the
> policy of packaging only shared libraries for development. There are
> some cases when you need static libraries, and for these cases having
> static libraries packaged saves you from rebuilding the required
> libraries yourself. I see no problems here, since normally developer
> will install -devel and not -static subpackage.

I would second that. They're particularly useful for libraries that are likely
to be used in embedded environments.

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