* Paul Davis <[email protected]> schrieb: > > But: if the application bundle should be entirely self-contained, > > why using dynamic linking (of non-system-libaries) at all ? > > the GTK stack in particular cannot be statically linked (certainly not > without considerable effort).
Why not, exactly ? > > Actually, I'm entirely not convinces of the concept of self- > > contained applications at all. Sooner or later they will have to > > integrate/communicate with some other application (eg. beginning > > with tiny things like adding some menu entry or icon), and this > > will require some top-down coordination. And that's exactly the > > point where distributions come in. > > no, this is where defined APIs like the ones from freedesktop come in. You're assuming, any interaction between applications allowed is what's specified in that APIs. cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: [email protected] mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
