Re: Static linking in GTK Windows

[rhkelly <rhkelly myrealbox com>]

Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> I guess that the reason the original poster wants a static library is
> so that he needs to distribute less files with his application? This
> is misguided thinking. GTK+ is a big library, and if it's larger than
> an application using it, so what... He should also take into
> consideration how the LGPL affects his software if he links statically
> to LGPL code. (Or is there any difference?  Can't remember right now.)
> Also, one very imporant selling point of GTK+, GLib etc is i18n. It
> would be a bad idea not to distribute the message catalogs to
> end-users.

Does the above mean that there is no practical way to distribute
a single .exe file and expect it to run on the user's computer?

In my experience most Windows users are becoming very reluctant
to "install" a test/demo of a previously unheard-off package,
fearing, (IMHO justifiably) that a) the install will somehow
damage the integrity of their system and/or b) that they will
have all kinds of problems if and when it comes time to remove
the package from the system.

Roger K.