[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.4 released!

[Cosmin Truta]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Vincent Torri wrote:
>
> I can compile a dll with MSYS/MinGW, or cross compiled on linux but maybe
> you prefer having a library compiled with vc++.

Thank you for doing this, Vincent. I wish I could have done it myself,
but, due a very peculiar reason, I can't.

I think it's a good idea to build the DLL using MinGW. I see this as
the better compromise between VisualC++ 6.0 (which can link the DLL to
MSVCRT.DLL, but it's oh so old), and the newer VisualC++ editions
(which might or might not make it easy to link the DLL to MSVCRT.DLL,
and might or might not produce unnecessarily fat binaries). MinGW, on
the other hand, is a high-quality and reasonably up-to-date build
system, that produces and works with the VisualC++-compatible DLLs
with no sweat.

Best regards,
Cosmin