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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:19:14 +0000
From: Thom May <thom@planetarytramp.net>
To: dev@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: A Bloat of Libraries
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* Joe Orton (jorton@redhat.com) wrote :
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 03:18:48PM -0800, Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> > --On January 3, 2006 11:09:34 PM +0000 Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >That is of course resolved by LoadFile /lib/libz.so, which is what I
> > >contend should be standard practice.  So when another module
> > >relies on libz, there's no side effect that manifests mysteriously
> > >according to whether and when mod_deflate is loaded.
> > 
> > I strongly disagree.  Forcing the user to manually track all of the library 
> > dependencies is insane.  If someone wants to shoot themselves in the foot, 
> > fine - you can do it.  But, we shouldn't force everyone to fit your 
> > preferred model because you want a few less libraries.
> 
> Totally agreed.
> 
Agreed here too.
-Thom