On 22.01.2017 19:12, NightStrike wrote: > On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> NightStrike proposed to revert to the 1.2.8 release until zlib stabilizes >> again; >> I'm open for that, but didn't want to stay with the 1.2.10 release. > > I don't recall making that proposal. I thought I just suggested that > since modern zlib now supports having a separate build and source > directory (at least according to the December changelog: "Allow > building zlib outside of the source directory"), you should check to > see if the gcc build system had any hacks to accomplish the same thing > that could now be removed.
sorry for wrongly citing you. Please could you make the removal of zlib a goal for GCC 8? I may be a bit biased trying to keep the "ongoing" d/gdc merge alive (libgphobos requiring a target zlib). Matthias
