> >> GNOME is bloat to those who don't use it.> >> > >> > Could've been
> >> statically linked in.> > > > Yikes! Are you suggesting static linking of
> >> GNOME libraries into> every application!!
No. I am suggesting that the GNOME-dependent installer be statically linked, so
as to reduce the unbelievable half a gigabyte requirement to install Solaris to
something reasonable, like a couple of megs.
> How will it be when you have 10 Gnome/GTK apps running and> each of them has
> at least 30M of libs statically linked in. Even worse> would be the situation
> on a SunRay as Shawn points out. With many> users running JDS one will have
> skyrocketing memory demands.> Worse still, if a security vulnerability is
> found in any one of those > libs> all the apps will have to be patched. It is
> a nightmare.> > Static linking has gone the way of the dinosaurs.
Like I wrote before: only for the installer. Installer miniroot is a static
thing, should be a static thing. OS should be dynamically linked.
And no need to lecture me on static versus dynamic linking: I compile, link and
package stuff all day long, day in, day out.
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