[Fedora-packaging] Another clarification of the static library packaging guidelines

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:58:13 -0500, Garrett wrote:

> > The Wiki page about OCaml,
> > 
> >   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:OCaml
> > 
> > does not mention "static" libraries at all. Hence there must some sort
> > of implicit exception with regard to the packaging guidelines.
> 
> In case no one has noticed yet, OCaml programs have an explicit 
> exception to the static linkage guideline with regard to linking against 
> (only) OCaml libraries.
>  
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Programs_which_don.27t_need_to_notify_FESCo
>

It's sort of misplaced or "well hidden".

It is an exception to the "Staticly Linking Executables" guidelines,
not to the "Packaging Static Libraries" guidelines. The former is about
linking with .a files, the latter is about -static subpackages. Not having
to notify FESCo related to linking with .a files sort of seems to imply that
it isn't necessary to create -static subpackages. Hey! ;-)