View on bundling system libraries

[Vadim Peretokin]

Hi,

What is the autopackage developers pov on bundling core system
libraries like a gui framework within a packge?

[Jan Niklas Hasse]

I wouldn't do it, since most frameworks like Gtk+ or Qt are already
provided by the native package manager. But there might be situations
where it's useful. But maybe static linking is easier in those cases?

[Vadim Peretokin]

Alright, thanks for the response :)

[Eugene Zolenko]

If you do build them, make sure to install them privately. You need to
make sure your binaries won't pick up system libs and that system apps
won't pick up your copy of the libs.

It might not always matter when interface versioning is sane, but
sometimes it is not (take Qt for example).

Always safer to take most paranoid approach. And the cost of space (and
build time if you distribute sources) is probably irrelevant. Depends on
you target audience I guess.