[maemo-developers] QtCreator, libraries, and multiple platforms

[From: David Talmage]

On Friday, August 05, 2011 05:38:40 PM Ville M. Vainio wrote:
> So I guessed correctly; your rationale for using a library is wrong
> ;-). You are introducing a bunch of deployment headaches for the sake

You're right, Ville, I am introducing deployment headaches. Those headaches 
shouldn't be there in this day and age. I have no idea if or how this will 
build on maemo.org's autobuilder or Nokia's remote compiler for Symbian.

> of having a "reusable unit", which is not in fact reused by other
> applications. In general, libraries should only be introduced when

I am writing another application that will link with the library.  At least 
one other developer was interested in using my library last year.  I failed to 
release the code.  I don't know if he's still interested.

> ...
> You should just link all the code statically with your main
> application to keep things simple.

I agree that static linking would make this simple.  However, I'm targeting 
devices with limited memory (e.g. N900, N8, N9).  Dynamic linking is better in 
this context.

David