On 7/12/2011 2:43 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >> Why? A static Qt means no plugins, which is pretty worthless. Distributing a standalone executable is much simpler than distributing an archive full of DLLs. Plugins are needed only for drivers, fancy fonts, etc. not for a standard application. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple