Who is the user? Most "users" never build 99% of what they use from source. Sure a few things that they do build they would like control over. But randomly li

Who is the user? Most "users" never build 99% of what they use from source. Sure a few things that they do build they would like control over. But randomly linking against things is the default because it make the package maintainer's job easier, and it is hard enough as it is to get people to maintain and update packages for distributions.