Not from a devops viewpoint. Just deploying a new binary is way simpler than dealing with pip/easy_install/gems/cpan/etc.... and all the headaches those involve.
Hell even the stated "just update the library you link to" advantage of compiled programs tends to be overstated as you end up with some software that works and some that doesn't. So statically linking in dependencies and library dependencies by my mind is less of a issue now.
Hell even the stated "just update the library you link to" advantage of compiled programs tends to be overstated as you end up with some software that works and some that doesn't.
If you don't break ABI compatibility it will work. A security fix very rarely changes the ABI.
Hell even the stated "just update the library you link to" advantage of compiled programs tends to be overstated as you end up with some software that works and some that doesn't. So statically linking in dependencies and library dependencies by my mind is less of a issue now.