Disable static library installation by default

[Vascom]

Static library not needed if shared library installed, isn't it?

[bluca]

One might have applications using either at the same time, distributions always ship both

[Vascom]

@bluca Are you shure? Why someone need use static and shared libs at the same time?
And about distributions you completely wrong
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries

Packages including libraries SHOULD exclude static libs as far as possible (eg by configuring with --disable-static). Applications linking against libraries SHOULD link against shared libraries not static versions.

[bluca]

I know that's the aspiration, in reality it's a bit different and users often ask for both - anyhow I don't care that much about the default, as long as there's an option for it

[Vascom]

Where option for it?

[xor-gate]

Having a static library installed doesn't make any sense. Static library should only be used during static builds and distributed. We should stick with dynamic library for all systems except windows (mingw)/osx builds.

[Vascom]

Or may be you can add parameter to not build static lib at all?

[xor-gate]

Maybe about the static library build we should do something like the nanomsg project https://github.com/nanomsg/nanomsg/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt#L99

[Vascom]

It would be great.

[Vascom]

Done.

[xor-gate]

Thanks