Why Is libassuan still a static lib? 2009 Edition

[Werner Koch]

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:04, eric at kuroneko.ca said:

> What about it is more than a patch to build system?

We need to define an ABI for the years to come; some old APIs will be
removed, other will undergo minor changes.  Changing an ABI after its
initial release is far more troublesome than changing an API for a
static lib.  Switching to a DSO is a good opportunity to do this.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner


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