[Bug 866032] New: configure --disable-static prevents building of freetype static library

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866032

Bug ID: 866032
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          Severity: unspecified
           Version: rawhide
          Priority: unspecified
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           Summary: configure --disable-static prevents building of
                    freetype static library
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    Classification: Fedora
                OS: Unspecified
          Reporter: [e-mail]
              Type: Bug
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          Hardware: Unspecified
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            Status: NEW
         Component: mingw-freetype
           Product: Fedora

Back in 2008 static libraries were stripped from the final package. The
relevant commit does not explain why:
http://hg.et.redhat.com/cgi-bin/hg-misc.cgi/fedora-mingw--devel/rev/1d89b5e7...

Actually they are disabled at configure level with --disable-static. I'd like
to know the rationale behind this.

If that reason still stands a comment should be added to the spec (or I can
provide a git patch myself... I don't know if this is common practice here)
otherwise adding --enable-static can be considered. I didn't find anything in
favor or against it in the wild.