Plib, shared libraries issue.

[Ove Kaaven]

Mike Hommey skrev:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:36:17PM +0200, Ove Kaaven wrote:
>> Bradley Smith skrev:
>>> 1. Should these shared libraries be built, or should it just stick to
>>> static libraries as upstream intended?
>> There are advantages and disadvantages with either... I don't really  
>> have a strong opinion myself (as long as the result works). But if I had  
>> to choose, I'd probably say static-only, if upstream relations and ease  
>> of package maintenance matter. It might also result in leaner, meaner,  
>> and 0.1% (or something) faster games.
> 
> And then you need to rebuild all reverse dependencies when there is a
> security fix for the static library.

In plib? That'd be almost like worrying about security issues in 
fortunes-mod, IMO. But sure, if you want to be paranoid... and it's not 
my call, I don't really care.