<p dir="ltr">Hi!</p>
<p dir="ltr">On Oct 3, 2014 8:21 PM, "Peter Keel" <<a href="mailto:bugtraq@discordia.ch">bugtraq@discordia.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> libva-dev lacks libva.a and <a href="http://libva.la">libva.la</a>, and I think it's policy<br>
> that it should have that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well, "should" is too strong, for sure.<br>
Debian Policy is quite clear about that, stating that static libraries should be provided *in addition* to shared ones.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So it's not mandatory.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p dir="ltr">mfv<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">[1] <a href="https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-static">https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-static</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">-- <br>
(Imagine a red swirl here)</p>