13 Jun
2011
13 Jun
'11
2:17 p.m.
Hi Ralf,
Renaming all the libraries you list is fine.
My main worry is API compatibility with all those libraries. These libraries are tiny in comparison to everything else, therefore we just compile them from scratch. Managing compatibility with system libraries could introduce a lot of complications eating away your time. Is the minute saving in disk space and compilation time worth the trouble?
That's why the soname and soversion would be important here. Probably you are right with the time and disk space. I'll just compile all python extensions statically. So maybe that patch I submitted is not needed anymore. Radi