4.2 in Debian, OpenSUSE, Mageia, Gentoo

[Salvo Tomaselli]

In data giovedì 28 agosto 2014 13:25:00, Linus Torvalds ha scritto:
> On Aug 28, 2014 1:13 PM, "Tim Wootton" <tim at tee-jay.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 28/08/14 20:29, Robert C. H.
> > 
> >> I have some vague memory that this is because the libgit2 version that
> 
> we require is in experimental.
> 
> > Indeed, and it looks like it's likely to stay there.
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745960
> 
> .. And this is just one reason why distributions should not do the whole
> insane "dynamic linking only" strategy.

They do it because from a security point of view, it's easier to recompile a 
library than to recompile all the packages that depend on it (that is, if it's 
not a header only library).
And they really want to 

For example the embedded jquery had to be replaced with a soft link and a 
dependency on the jquery package, but I left the other stuff in because they 
don't exist in debian yet.

In any case, there doesn't seem to be a precise policy on static linking 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555980
So I guess it would be possible to link statically against libgit2 and then 
see if the FTP masters get angry or not.

> Could someone involved with Debian please try to take this issue up? I'm
> fed up with how the kernel makes binary compatibility such a priority, only
> to have distributions throw all that sanity and effort away.

I can post about the issue on debian-devel but please note that my status in 
debian is maintainer, not developer, which means that I can't do arbitrary 
uploads but need a developer to do them for me, unless they add an exception 
for me, for a given package.

Best

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