xffm and xfprint question about .a and .la files

[Benedikt Meurer]

Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I am working on packaging the xfce packages for fedora extras.
> 
> A question has come up about the .a and .la files in the xffm and
> xfprint packages. Should those files be included in any package made?
> Does anyone use them/Should anyone use them?
> 
> If they are not needed, perhaps we could remove them as part of the
> build process?
> 
> Neither xffm or xfprint need those files
> (they load the .so module files).
> 
> I hate to drop them out of the package if someone is using them, but
> would love to get rid of them if they are unused.
> 
> Any thoughts?

They're unused, as well as all those .a/.la files installed by settings 
manager plugins ($libdir/xfce4/mcs-plugins/*.{a,la}).

> kevin

greets,
Benedikt