> due to security and version compatibility, I feel maybe it shouldn't exist anymore. I've also thought similar. From a security standpoint though it seems lik

> due to security and version compatibility, I feel maybe it shouldn't exist anymore. I've also thought similar. From a security standpoint though it seems like shared libraries are largely a win. Imagine you're running a bunch of services and a vulnerability is found in OpenSSL. With shared libraries you can update one package to be pretty sure they're fixed.