[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1101157] Re: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev unusable for static builds

2015-04-16 Thread Lars Uebernickel
Statically linking gtk+ is uncommon and discouraged by gtk+ developers (see Extra Configuration Options in [1]). Also, I don't think we should increase the package size for such an uncommon a use case. Please compile gtk+ yourself if you want to link your application to it statically. [1]

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1101157] Re: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev unusable for static builds

2014-10-25 Thread pberndt
I second this request. In contrast to your objection/warning, static builds of current versions of gdk-pixbuf (and gtk3) work very well in my experience. But they do not make much sense unless the loaders are also linked statically. AFAIK, this requires one to configure gdk-pixbuf with