Re:iOS Static Libraries Are, Like, Really Bad
by deathanatos on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @12:59AM
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Gentoo has a whole wiki page[1] detailing the pitfalls of bundling libraries.
The biggest downside is that updates to shared libraries, done incorrectly, can break applications. That said, modern package managers allow an application to list what versions of a library is or isn't compatible with.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone ever comes up with a good solution that mixes the strengths of mobile platforms' security model and modern desktop package managers together. It seems quite nontrivial. (Does the library inherit the permissions of the app? Does it have it's own? what if I push malicious code in an update? Bundled prevents having to think about these problems.)
The biggest downside is that updates to shared libraries, done incorrectly, can break applications. That said, modern package managers allow an application to list what versions of a library is or isn't compatible with.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone ever comes up with a good solution that mixes the strengths of mobile platforms' security model and modern desktop package managers together. It seems quite nontrivial. (Does the library inherit the permissions of the app? Does it have it's own? what if I push malicious code in an update? Bundled prevents having to think about these problems.)
[1]: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Why_not_bundle_dependencies