On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 03:59:32PM -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
You also need to writeup your reasons for having a static library in the
first place and presenting it to FESCo. The fact that Jeff Garzik wants
I know this has allready been voted, but I still think that it is wrong,
it is really a technical issue and not a political one as this thread once
more shows. static libs are allready discouraged, I don't think it is
relevant to ask fesco for inclusion of every lib, packagers should be
responsible enough.
to use it is a two edged sword -- on the one hand it means there is
a
need for the library. OTOH, it means that the library is going to be
used by multiple programs which is what leads to the security and other
problems.
Is libsparse going to be involved in situations where security matters?
I guess not?
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Pat