[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Shared Libs and Application Installer

[From: Eduardo de Barros Lima]

Hi list,

    Working on hacking some gnome applications like Abiword, Gnumeric,
Evince and Rhythmbox to Maemo Platform, I realized something
important. All of them depend on libglade which is shipped within each
package. So if you have at least two of above applications installed
in your device and you want to remove one of them,  the other apps
won't work anymore because libglade will be removed too.

    A solution for this case would be create a separeted package for
libglade, but i think if we have to do this job for each and every lib
on the system, the application installer loses its meaning. An
alternative was to link the library statically, but as we take so much
care our free space, it would be a waste of it. I see libglade is
included in the SDK image, but it is not in the product image, so I
think the better solution is to include it in the newer versions.  Any
comments?

   Best Regards, Eduardo (etrunko)

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Eduardo de Barros Lima
INdT - Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia
eblima at gmail.com