zlib 1.2.1 released (fwd)

Hello, everyone,

I am forwarding Mark's announcement about the new zlib 1.2.1.

A faster inflate, and a faster crc32, are two of the most notable
improvements. What else? There are improved ports and new ports to
various systems and programming languages, there is an MMX-enabled
inflate (not turned on by default, but look in "contrib/inflate86"),
Z_RLE is fully functional, NO_GZCOMPRESS and NO_GZIP can turn off gz*
features for a leaner and meaner zlib special build for [PM]NG, etc.

There are also goodies which are not [PM]NG-related, such as an improved
minizip, an unofficial inflate64, etc.

Since Mark acknowledged the zlib-devel contributors, it's my turn to
thank Mark for the great implementation and coordination efforts.

What else should I say? Enjoy!
Cosmin


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:21:43 -0500
From: Mark Adler <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Zlib-announce] zlib 1.2.1 released

Fellow Compressors,

After significant contributions and testing by the dedicated folk on
the zlib developers mailing list, we have released version 1.2.1 of
zlib.  zlib is a general purpose open-source compression library
written in C, free for all uses including commercial applications.
This version boasts improved decompression performance, more functions
and functionality, and many portability enhancements.  You can find
more details here:

     http://www.zlib.org/

Mark Adler


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