On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 07:47:32PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > ICU is impossible to dynamically link with, and it's size is quite huge > if statically linked. > Huh ? /usr/lib/libicudata.so.48 /usr/lib/libiculx.so.48 /usr/lib/libicutest.so.48 /usr/lib/libicui18n.so.48 /usr/lib/libicutu.so.48 /usr/lib/libicuio.so.48 /usr/lib/libicuuc.so.48 /usr/lib/libicule.so.48
Care to elaborate ? Yes, it has an annoying habit of ABI breaks, but so does i.e. poppler.