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Subject: Re: RFC: libkse*.a in 7.0 
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In message <20071128211022.GA74762@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>, Brooks Davis writes
:

>The one set of consumers that would not be
>addressed is those who have statically linked, threaded binaries using
>libkse.

I agree that we should make it hard to link such.

But I also think that if that is what keeps people from upgrading
from N.x to (N+1).x, then they have much bigger problems on their
hands and are probably better served by staying on N.x

>I believe that removing libkse*.a has little downside and leaves the way
>open for either removing or enhancing the KSE system and is the right
>thing to do.

Fully agree.

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