On 07/09/17 16:06, David Sommerseth wrote:
> On 07/09/17 08:12, Gert Doering wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:22:25AM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>> This change will expect the system to have LZ4 libraries and headers
>>> installed by default.  We still carry a bundled LZ4 library, which
>>> must now be explicitly enabled through providing --enable-bundled-lz4
>>> to ./configure.  Otherwise, as before, --disable-lz4 will completely
>>> remove any LZ4 support.
>>
>> I'm totally missing the *reason* why you want to change this
> 
> Bundled libraries are considered to be bad, as it requires active
> maintenance.  Just look at which version we ship in OpenVPN (1.6.0) and

Just a correction.  We bundle lz4-1.7.1, not 1.6.0.  That was a
left-over from my testing of the API update patch.  But that doesn't
change my argument that much.

-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc


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