[Issue 15218] DMD should link dynamically to libphobos by default

[via Digitalmars-d-bugs]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15218

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at gdcproject.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at gdcproject.org> ---
(In reply to Adam D. Ruppe from comment #1)
> I absolutely, strongly disagree. Dynamic linking Phobos is a bad idea - it
> will lead to serious breakage around every corner for every application.
> 
> Phobos changes with every release. All executables compiled before an update
> will now be liable to break.
> 
> Phobos is not commonly installed on user's computers. To distribute D
> programs compiled with these defaults, we'd also have to distribute the
> library. That'd be a 10x size increase and a big hassle... and moves the
> update breakage to the user's side.
> 

Agreed.  This is not a bug on our side, more it is a decision given to the
package maintainers for various OS's.

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