Static builds for openwebrtc on all platforms

[fd]

Is it possible to build a static version openwebrtc on all platforms? (not just iOS/Android) I'd like to make Go bindings for owr and Go works best with static dependencies.

Ps: not sure if this is the right place to ask.

[stefanalund]

This is the place to ask, for sure! Sounds like a fun project. I'm sure others would be interested in Go bindings.

I'll let someone else answer the question about static linking, though. @superdump?

[fd]

I'm sure others would be interested in Go bindings.

I'm working on gogotelehash and I know the people working on IPFS are also intereseted.

/ping @jbenet

[superdump]

We provide language bindings support through GObject Introspection. If you add support for Go bindings through GObject Introspection, that is probably the best route to take.

I think it should be possible to build static binaries on all platforms but it may require some modifications to cerbero. @sdroege @nirbheek?

[jbenet]

Very much interested in Go bindings! thanks for the mention @fd

[nirbheek]

@superdump Static binaries are easy to create with just autotools changes. "Fat" shared libraries with all the dependencies bundled in as static libraries are harder to do, and if that's what @fd wants, then it'd be much better if we moved all the linking hacks in post_install to autotools within openwebrtc.git first. Otherwise, post_install will just become an undecipherable and unmaintainable mess.

[jbenet]

(Random thought: Consider bazel. Of course it would be lots of work, but I think it would be a huge win)