Bug#763915: libva-dev: package lacks static libraries

[Matteo F. Vescovi]

Hi!

On Oct 3, 2014 8:21 PM, "Peter Keel" <bugtraq at discordia.ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> libva-dev lacks libva.a and libva.la, and I think it's policy
> that it should have that.

Well, "should" is too strong, for sure.
Debian Policy is quite clear about that, stating that static libraries
should be provided *in addition* to shared ones.

So it's not mandatory.

Just my 2 cents.

mfv

[1]
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-static

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