On 7/10/23 3:57 AM, Daniel Ruoso via SG15 wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 08:42 Boris Kolpackov <boris_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> Have you considered how this will work for "binless" libraries
> (header-
> only before modules, module interface-only after), which don't
> have the
> "library file itself" (I assume you refer to the library binary, such
> as .a/.so)?
>
>
> Yes. When we discussed it we accepted that "interface unit only
> libraries" will depend on stronger package management convergence.
>
> It's possible the pkg-config extension could just point to the
> metadata file in those cases.
>
> But... There's some hint that "interface unit only" libraries may be
> less viable than people think.

Could you please elaborate? Where are you seeing such hints?

Tom.

>
> Daniel
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