Static linking considered harmful

See: https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/no_static_linking.html

.github/workflows/release_binaries.yml

@@ -16,21 +16,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install cross-compiler for linux/arm64
         run: sudo apt-get update -q && sudo apt-get -y install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
-      - name: Install UPX
-        env:
-          UPXVER: "4.2.4"
-        run: |
-          if [[ ! -f "upx/${UPXVER}/upx" ]]; then
-            echo "Installing upx .."
-            curl -OL "https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v${UPXVER}/upx-${UPXVER}-amd64_linux.tar.xz"
-            tar xvf "upx-${UPXVER}-amd64_linux.tar.xz"
-            mkdir -p upx
-            mv "upx-${UPXVER}-amd64_linux" "upx/${UPXVER}"
-            rm -f "upx-${UPXVER}-amd64_linux.tar.xz"
-          fi
-          export PATH="./upx/${UPXVER}/:${PATH}"
-          upx --version | grep -E '^upx'
-
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -32,33 +32,6 @@ builds:
       - "6"
       - "7"
 
-  - id: static
-    binary: supervisord
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=1
-    ldflags:
-      - "-linkmode external -extldflags -static"
-    flags:
-      - -tags=release
-    goos:
-      - linux
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - arm64
-    overrides:
-      - goos: linux
-        goarch: amd64
-        env:
-          - CC=gcc
-
-      - goos: linux
-        goarch: arm64
-        env:
-          - CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
-    hooks:
-      post:
-        - cmd: upx "{{ .Path }}"
-
 archives:
 
   - id: archive_multi
@@ -74,16 +47,6 @@ archives:
     files:
       - none*
 
-  - id: archive_static
-    builds: [static]
-    name_template: >-
-      {{ .ProjectName }}_static-{{ .Version }}.{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}
-      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
-    format: tar.gz
-    wrap_in_directory: true
-    files:
-      - none*
-
 release:
   github:
     owner: jbox-web