From 5e2c251eda2e2f0a5f71bd7f1f40acf968d63900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Claessens Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:43:03 -0400 Subject: Add note in release notes that thin archives has been reverted --- docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md index eb3510c..4bf342c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.60.0.md @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ option('o5', type: 'boolean', deprecated: {'enabled': 'true', 'disabled': 'false ## More efficient static linking of uninstalled libraries +**Note**: This change had to be reverted in 0.60.1 because it caused regressions. + New API will likely be introduced in 0.61.0 to have better control whether or + not to create thin archive. + A somewhat common use case of [[static_library]] is to create uninstalled internal convenience libraries which are solely meant to be linked to other targets. Some build systems call these "object libraries". Meson's -- cgit v1.1