Eigen, a shared linear algebra library for KDE apps

[Stephan Kulow]

Am Donnerstag, 27. Juli 2006 18:48 schrieb Thomas Zander:
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 17:38, Casper Boemann wrote:
> > The developers of Kalzium, Kreative3D, KChart and Marble have a common
> > need for a simple linear algebra library. We had a lengthy IRC
> > discussion and searched existing libraries, but they are usually big,
> > non C++ etc, and having big dependencies makes us afraid of being
> > excluded from some distros.
>
> A way to get around the problem of that dependency is to download the
> stable version of the package and put it in your tarball as '3rd party
> libs' with a configure option like Qt has to either use the system or the
> shipped one.
> This way the packager can decide which one to take.

This can work only for very tiny libraries. Or your users having to download 
always the same unused library with every new bugfix release of your 
application.

Greetings, Stephan