AccessKit / AccessKit/accesskit-c
Why are Linux prebuilt libraries so much larger than other platforms?
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Description
Looking at the prebuilt libraries (from https://github.com/AccessKit/accesskit-c/releases/tag/0.15.1), I notice that the libraries for Linux are a lot bigger than the ones for Windows. For example windows/x86_64/msvc/shared/ has 376 kB of files excluding debug symbols., whereas linux/x86_64/shared/ has 1.75 MB of files excluding debug symbols (I stripped debug symbols with strip libaccesskit.so).
Why are the Linux libraries so big and is there any hope that they might become smaller in the future?
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Research direction
Start by comparing the Linux and Windows artifacts in the AccessKit C 0.15.1 release, including the paths and sizes listed in the issue, after applying the stated strip command to the Linux shared library. Done means explaining the platform size difference and documenting whether a concrete path to smaller Linux prebuilt libraries exists.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux, rust
- Domain
- build-system, release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100