Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-31 Thread Tomasz Pala
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 19:53:52 +0200, Tomasz Pala wrote: No one was brave enough to rebuild all dependencies on ftp.pld- which would be required if la were dropped. So basically every *.la file that can be safely removed (packages with *.pc) and is not required by any package we got might

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-31 Thread Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
On Tuesday 31 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 19:53:52 +0200, Tomasz Pala wrote: No one was brave enough to rebuild all dependencies on ftp.pld- which would be required if la were dropped. So basically every *.la file that can be safely removed (packages with *.pc)

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-31 Thread Tomasz Pala
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 15:12:11 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: So basically every *.la file that can be safely removed (packages with *.pc) and is not required by any package we got might be removed without any rebuilds? I mean - if some outer la file was polluted it would be seen in rpm

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-31 Thread Tomasz Pala
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 19:45:53 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: No one was brave enough to rebuild all dependencies on ftp.pld- which would be required if la were dropped. I did some initial changes, especially rebuilded libxkbui with stripped libxkbfile - or tried to, because BR:

Re: *.la files in xorg* packages

2011-05-31 Thread Jakub Bogusz
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 03:12:11PM +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: On Tuesday 31 of May 2011, Tomasz Pala wrote: On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 19:53:52 +0200, Tomasz Pala wrote: No one was brave enough to rebuild all dependencies on ftp.pld- which would be required if la were dropped.

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 allowing

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 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 feature

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 other

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 files, while