[Zlib-devel] Re: deflate 64

[Gilles Vollant]

<<64 isn't a major win for anything but marketing, and if only one
application really needs that support for compatibility reasons, then maybe
the best place to add the relevant routine is in the application itself.>> 

Using zLib to read existing zipfile (using my sample minizip library or not)
is not one application between a lot of other but a major usage of zLib (in
my opinion, pehaps more than using zLib to read/write .PNG and .GZ file).

And if zLib itself don't support deflate64, the only option is switch to
unzip 5.5 source, which is bigger than zLib and, in my opinion less easy to
use. A final user (and me) have not knowledge to modify the core inflate
engine.



At least an "unofficial" patch of zLib source (or, better, #ifdef
DEFLATE64COMPATIBILITY not activated by default) will be better than
nothing.


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Zlib-devel-bounces at zlib.net [mailto:Zlib-devel-bounces at zlib.net] De la
part de Greg Roelofs
Envoyé : mercredi 27 août 2003 17:13
À : Zlib-devel at zlib.net
Objet : Re: [Zlib-devel] Re: deflate 64


FWIW, I'm perfectly fine with whatever Mark wants to do.  64 isn't a major
win for anything but marketing, and if only one application really needs
that support for compatibility reasons, then maybe the best place to add the
relevant routine is in the application itself.

Greg