[Python-Dev] upgrading to zlib 1.2.1 for Windows (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jan 8 15:52:36 EST 2004

On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 15:55, Tim Peters wrote:

[Jeremy] > I noticed that a new version of zlib was released last year. 1.2.0 > came out in March through 1.2.1 in late November. > ... > Shall we upgrade the Windows build to use this new version? I have > the changes made locally, but don't want to commit until people have > had a chance to grab the new source.

Which Windows build(s)? If you mean the 2.4 VC7 Windows build, sure. The VC6 build appears to be officially unsupported now, so unsure about that one. If there's another kind of "security fix" gimmick in 1.2.0 or 1.2.1, then a backport to 2.3 maint would also be appropriate.

I meant Python 2.4. There isn't any mention of security fixes in the 1.2.x line, so I assume 1.1.4 is still safe to use.

Jeremy

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