[Zlib-devel] known bugs in distance-checking code?

[Jason Pump]

In a web browser? I would think it would be ok. If it's being used to
produce thumbnails of all the web pages on the net, probably not.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zlib-devel-bounces at zlib.net [mailto:Zlib-devel-bounces at zlib.net]On
> Behalf Of Gilles Vollant
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:08 AM
> To: zlib-devel at zlib.net; 'Jason Pump'
> Subject: RE: [Zlib-devel] known bugs in distance-checking code?
>
>
> It is a real choice for mozilla team don't use zlib 1.2.x with all speed
> improvement?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Pump [mailto:JPump at looksmart.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:00 PM
> To: zlib-devel at zlib.net; glennrp at comcast.net
> Cc: Greg Roelofs
> Subject: RE: [Zlib-devel] known bugs in distance-checking code?
>
> To state the obvious, it seems that other browsers haven't upgraded to the
> latest zlib. Zlib 1.1.4 or earlier started the problem  by allowing the
> image to be displayed. 1.2 is not compatible in minor ways with
> 1.1. Unless
> there's a serious requirement for 1.2, it seems mozilla should continue to
> use 1.1.4 until other browsers also upgrade. This also means for
> zlib 1.2 to
> be more widely accepted it will have to fix it's behavior to be consistent
> with 1.1.4 or have a compatibility mode. Life's rough. Be nice to make a
> program to patch the faulty .png's too if possible.
>
> Jason
>
>
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