[RFC] Removing .la files from x86

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

Libtool .la files are generally a waste of time and space.  They slow 
down linking of other libraries with libtool, and they cause otherwise 
unnecessary private dependencies to be pulled in by -devel packages. 
Therefore, the major distros generally remove them from their packages 
unless they are really necessary.

When we first enabled Cygwin for x86_64, as we had no backwards 
compatibility to worry about, I made removing all .la files the default. 
  AFAIK this has worked well, and any missing link libraries that the 
presence thereof would have masked have already been fixed.

In order to do the same for x86 without breaking builds of other 
packages, AFAICS we would need a perpetual postinstall script which will 
continually remove them.  The downside is that (unless the script is 
made a *LOT* more complicated) a number of -devel packages will show up 
as "Incomplete" until such time they are rebuilt with a new version of 
cygport.

Any objections?

-- 
Yaakov