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On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 15:35 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">If you want to install it as a shared library you also want to track its</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">ABI and give it a SONAME, which is more work. Shipping it as a PIC</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">static lib which you don't have to be as careful with possible ABI</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">breaks, but you can still embed it in something like a python module</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#1a1a1a">(which must be PIC).</FONT></TT><BR>
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This is an important point. We are waisting time trying to guess what this patch is for.<BR>
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Implementing a feature correctly is always less work. This loose option looks like a hack to me.<BR>
I did not see any precedent in all of xorg modules and there is still no assurance it will work<BR>
correctly on all platforms.<BR>
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