* [ISSUE] Consider switching to zlib-ng @ 2021-03-27 13:52 Logarithmus 2021-06-07 13:56 ` ericonr 2021-06-07 13:56 ` [ISSUE] [CLOSED] " ericonr 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Logarithmus @ 2021-03-27 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ml [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 926 bytes --] New issue by Logarithmus on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/29782 Description: `zlib-ng` is basically a faster & cleaner version of `zlib`. `zlib` folks are too conservative and refuse to take optimizations into upstream. So other folks decided to create `zlib-ng`. `zlib-ng` devs claim it's 4x faster for compression & 2x for decompression than ordinary `zlib`. Here are tbenchmark results: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/discussions/871 About 2 weeks ago, after extensive testing & fuzzing, zlib-ng 2.0.0 has been released, the first stable version: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/releases/tag/2.0.0 `zlib-ng` can act as a drop-in replacement for `zlib` when built with `ZLIB_COMPAT` flag. I'm using `zlib-ng` for more than a week being symlinked to `/usr/lib/libz.so.1` without any problems. See also: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/29544 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Consider switching to zlib-ng 2021-03-27 13:52 [ISSUE] Consider switching to zlib-ng Logarithmus @ 2021-06-07 13:56 ` ericonr 2021-06-07 13:56 ` [ISSUE] [CLOSED] " ericonr 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: ericonr @ 2021-06-07 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ml [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 412 bytes --] New comment by ericonr on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/29782#issuecomment-855952053 Comment: Beyond even the ABI concerns, the API concerns (for example issues when building NSS) make this a very hard sell. `zlib` being a low maintenance package that is easy to build and carries little maintenance burden are big advantages that trump most performance concerns. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] Consider switching to zlib-ng 2021-03-27 13:52 [ISSUE] Consider switching to zlib-ng Logarithmus 2021-06-07 13:56 ` ericonr @ 2021-06-07 13:56 ` ericonr 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: ericonr @ 2021-06-07 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ml [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 929 bytes --] Closed issue by Logarithmus on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/29782 Description: `zlib-ng` is basically a faster & cleaner version of `zlib`. `zlib` folks are too conservative and refuse to take optimizations into upstream. So other folks decided to create `zlib-ng`. `zlib-ng` devs claim it's 4x faster for compression & 2x for decompression than ordinary `zlib`. Here are tbenchmark results: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/discussions/871 About 2 weeks ago, after extensive testing & fuzzing, zlib-ng 2.0.0 has been released, the first stable version: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/releases/tag/2.0.0 `zlib-ng` can act as a drop-in replacement for `zlib` when built with `ZLIB_COMPAT` flag. I'm using `zlib-ng` for more than a week being symlinked to `/usr/lib/libz.so.1` without any problems. See also: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/29544 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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