"Michael Schwendt" <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >There are dozens of -devel packages, which contain static libs only, >but don't provide a virtual -static package. > >Many of them are OCaml (ocaml-*) and Haskell (ghc-*) packages. > >The Haskell packaging guidelines contain a section that seems to suggest >that the packages need not provide a virtual -static package: >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Haskell#Static_vs._Dynamic_Linking > >What about OCaml? >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:OCaml >is not mentioning static libraries at all. > >What other exceptions exist? > Where did these exceptions come from? I for one would argue that, just to preserve some sort notion of consistency across packages, such exceptions to the general packaging guidelines should not be allowed. -- Jeroen -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
