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Re: [patch] update zlib to the 1.2.10 release.
On 22.01.2017 19:12, NightStrike wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> NightStrike proposed to revert to the 1.2.8 release until zlib stabilizes again;
>> I'm open for that, but didn't want to stay with the 1.2.10 release.
>
> I don't recall making that proposal. I thought I just suggested that
> since modern zlib now supports having a separate build and source
> directory (at least according to the December changelog: "Allow
> building zlib outside of the source directory"), you should check to
> see if the gcc build system had any hacks to accomplish the same thing
> that could now be removed.
sorry for wrongly citing you. Please could you make the removal of zlib a goal
for GCC 8? I may be a bit biased trying to keep the "ongoing" d/gdc merge alive
(libgphobos requiring a target zlib).
Matthias