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Either static libraries or dynamic frameworks? Or ... static frameworks? #158

Open claybridges opened 5 years ago

claybridges commented 5 years ago

Here, @dnkoutso writes:

Currently, consumers of pods are limited to an all-or-nothing approach to integrate their project by forcing them to make a choice on whether to use dynamic frameworks everywhere or static libraries everywhere via the use_frameworks! option.

But if the source Podspec specifies a static framework (e.g. s.static_framework = true , isn't that what the consumer gets, even with a use_frameworks! declaration?

dnkoutso commented 5 years ago

More or less both statements are correct. I do not see an issue here so I am going to close and we can continue discussion here. Especially for a 1.8.x release.

paulb777 commented 5 years ago

s.static_framework = true means if the use_frameworks! declaration is set in the Podfile, the Pod should be built as a static framework. s.static_framework = true has no impact if use_frameworks! is not in the Podfile.

claybridges commented 5 years ago

Right, but the choice is between frameworks and libraries, not between "dynamic frameworks" and "static libraries". Whether the framework is static or dynamic is not strictly determined by the use_frameworks! declaration.