Bug#781476: perl: review the choice between shared and static builds

[Niko Tyni]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 09:58:22PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.20.2-2

> My inclination would be to simplify the packaging and start linking
> /usr/bin/perl against libperl.a everywhere after the jessie release.
> This would remove the performance penalty. It would also be a step in
> making it possible to co-install different versions of libperl5.xx
> and even different architectures of the same version (multiarch) in
> the future,
> 
> I'm open to other arguments though. Possibly this should even be run by
> debian-devel. Suggestions for better benchmarks are welcome.

Update: this was discussed in the thread starting at
 https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/04/msg00258.html
and most of my concerns about static linking were debunked,
so I intend to go ahead with this.

I'll probably run it once through experimental to make sure
it builds everywhere, but I don't expect any problems.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org