Debian Bug report logs - #1002056
ITP: zlib-ng -- optimized zlib compression library

Package: wnpp; Maintainer for wnpp is [email protected];

Reported by: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:48:02 UTC

Owned by: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>

Severity: wishlist

Tags: pending

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* Guillem Jover <[email protected]> [2024-09-24 17:45]:
[...]
> Personally, I think fully migrating from zlib to zlib-ng would sound
> great (even for trixie), but I guess we can take it slow if you do not
> feel confident or have concerns over this.

As using an alternative zlib implementation could impact Reproducible Builds
[1], I would recommend taking that into consideration before deciding on this
kind of change.

- Fay

[1] https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2024-September/003526.html

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