By the way, as i'm a strong supporter of external libraries... what are the reasons why i would not want to use them?
- they are not automatically loaded, therefore if you want to use one external the whole library has to be loaded - you have to put a lib flag for every library you want to load - they are not as flexible for distribution - it is hard (if not impossible) to implement a system that allows for reloading. - they do not fit in the system for externals that we designed for the CVS. (which is based on single externals, actually I do not see any other way the idea could be implemented)
Add the advantages of single externals (we have been talking about here on the list) and you have some arguments why single externals are a better decision.
What are the arguments against single externals ?
Guenter