Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Jeff Johnson
On May 30, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > On Monday 30 of May 2011, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> On May 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: >>> On Monday 30 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got *.la

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
On Monday 30 of May 2011, Jeff Johnson wrote: > On May 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > > On Monday 30 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: > >> While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got > >> *.la files, while they all got *.pc as well. > >> Are there any oth

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Tomasz Pala
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 13:55:21 -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Is it merely a matter of "bravery" or is there still a need for *.la? > > I'm asking the engineering, not the advocacy, question here: > Are *.la files useful? Yes, they are - for static building. As long as we support this feat

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Jeff Johnson
On May 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > On Monday 30 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: >> While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got >> *.la files, while they all got *.pc as well. >> Are there any other (not discussed before) reasons not to remove them?

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Tomasz Pala
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 19:45:53 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: >> While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got >> *.la files, while they all got *.pc as well. >> Are there any other (not discussed before) reasons not to remove them? >> Having *.pc was the main rule allo

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
On Monday 30 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: > While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got > *.la files, while they all got *.pc as well. > Are there any other (not discussed before) reasons not to remove them? > Having *.pc was the main rule allowing to do this. No one was

*.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-30 Thread Tomasz Pala
While updating my system I've noticed that xorg* packages still got *.la files, while they all got *.pc as well. Are there any other (not discussed before) reasons not to remove them? Having *.pc was the main rule allowing to do this. -- Tomasz Pala __