Even Rouault <[email protected]> writes: > Most GDAL binary distributions don't use that internal copy but the > external zlib library provided by the operating system / distribution > channel.
I realize you are accomodating people who can somehow get and build gdal sources but can't first install zlib, but from the packaging viewpoint having included copies is a bad thing. Yes, it shouldn't get used, but if a dependency isn't declared it would be hidden or not provided and then be used anyway. I therefore think it would be good to consider removing the vendored copies, or at least requiring explicit config to turn them on. (I just looked in the sources for how to build and didn't find it in README. I know I have figured out how to build and this isn't a request for help, but in terms of the cmake migration the instructions are missing.) It looks like internal will just be used if zlib is not found. I wonder if it's still really necessary/helpful to have included libs like zlib.
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