Danek Duvall wrote: > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 12:03:09AM +0200, Rainer Orth wrote: > >> * I noticed that currently, pgsql is statically linked against >> libreadline. It would probably be very useful to provide a dynamic >> libreadline, since several other programs could benefit as well, >> e.g. gdb. > > This was a specific decision by the ARC, fearing the introduction of an > attractive nuisance. Readline's license is GPL, hence it "infects" > anything linking against it. This doesn't affect postgres, but would > affect any project that thought they were able to link against readline. > The ARC felt the reward of allowing a shared readline was not sufficient to > balance the risk of projects using it inappropriately.
do you have some pointers/links to anywhere that was readline issue discussed. I feel it's time to reopen it. > The decision can always be revisited on its own. What should be the best way to reopen this issue? > Danek thanx, Martin
