Comment by Lerc

Dynamic linking obviously has benefits or there would not be any incentive to build them or provide the capacity for them.

The problem is they also have problems which motivates people to statically link.

I remember back in the Amiga days when there were multiple libraries that provided file requesters. At one point I saw a unifying file requester library that implemented the interfaces of multiple others so that all requesters had the same look.

It's something that hasn't been done as far as I am aware on Linux. partially because of the problems with Linux dynamic libraries.

I think the answer isn't just static linking.

I think the solution is a commitment.

If you are going to make a dynamic library, commit to backwards compatibility. If you can't provide that, that's ok, but please statically link.

Perhaps making a library at a base level with a forever backwards compatible interface with a static version for breaking changes would help. That might allow for a blend of bug support and adding future features.