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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:51:55 +0000
From: "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@FreeBSD.org>
To: Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r478259 - in head/science: ghemical libghemical
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 07:15:48PM -0700, Yuri wrote:
> On 8/27/18 6:20 PM, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> > thanks for your hard work and take over maintainership.
> 
> You are welcome!
> 
> > I'd prefer to see the static library for the application as
> > well as shared libraries cause it help in many cases.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> Static libraries are mostly useful within the build, when they are 
> produced and consumed internally. Otherwise, shared libraries are 
> generally better.
> 
> Static library cons:
> 1. They cause other binaries to become larger.
> 2. They consume space on disk when installed along with the shared 
> libraries.
> 3. They obscure which external libraries are used by the project.
> 4. They make fixing security vulnerabilities more difficult.
> 
> 
> Static library pros:
> 1. They allow for a marginally better performance.
> 2. They are a must when the target binary needs to be static for 
> security or other reasons (for example tor). There are very few cases 
> when static executables are needed.

Thanks for the pros and cons, Yuri.

Is there a chance to revert back changes related to the static
library to return it back?

-- 
Sergey Osokin