On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Eric Kow wrote:
Hi Ganesh,
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:24:35 +0200, Petr Rockai wrote:
Hi,
while we are in a cleanup mode, let's also get rid of the bad ugly custom zlib
binding...
Any comments? I think you advised a more deliberate approach with the
zlib stuff at the hackathon, which my natural inclination is to agree
with.
I'm personally happy with leaving the old zlib stuff in there until
2.5 (not built by default). On the other hand, I recognise that my
style of dragging things out in the name of conservatism/carefulness
leads to a lot of undue pain. If you neither of you can convince the
other, I think I'm willing to try it Petr's way.
Downside of removing it: unexpected problem with Haskell zlib means we
need to revert in a hurry. It's happened before :-)
I accept that getting rid of cruft is a worthwhile end in itself with
general knock-on benefits of a simpler code base. However are there any
specific things that the old zlib is obstructing? If not, I would remain
in favour of keeping it around until either (a) the next release cycle or
(b) a better reason to remove it comes along.
I don't feel strongly enough to make a lot of noise about this, though.
Cheers,
Ganesh
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