http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/LibtoolArchives
Motivation
(AFAICT) The intent of the original guideline was to avoid problematic
libtool archives1, those used in linking, not necessarily those used for
loadable modules, plugins, etc...
While .la files outside of $LD_LIBRARY_PATH SHOULD be ok to omit,
(AFAIK) keeping them causes no harm either, so shouldn't be a MUST to
remove. Problem is, there are quite a few software packages that require
.la files for proper function (including some kde bits, though this is
being worked on).
Comments?
-- Rex
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