The shared vs static libs divide has been ongoing since libraries were a thing. Not an OS maintainer/packager, but from the outside, it really seems most of Deb

The shared vs static libs divide has been ongoing since libraries were a thing. Not an OS maintainer/packager, but from the outside, it really seems most of Debian's headaches are because they want to maximize compatibility owing to shared libraries. Which is an entirely valid approach, but it seems like things would be a lot easier if programs were all statically compiled.