Tony Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ---------------------------------- > Adding zlib module to python25.dll > ---------------------------------- > > Thomas Heller and Martin Heller had been discussing whether the zlib
Should be 'Martin v. Löwis', as we all know. > module should become builtin, at least on Windows (i.e. part of > python25.dll). This would simplify both the build process and py2exe, > the latter could then bootstrap extraction from the compressed file > just with pythonxy.dll, but this is currently not done, because the > pythoncore.vcproj would then not be buildable anymore unless you also > have the right version of zlib on disk. To solve this problem, Thomas > proposed that the Python release could incorporate a copy of zlib, > primarily for use on Windows (with the project files appropriately > adjusted). This change was later made. > > Contributing thread: > > - `Incorporation of zlib sources into Python subversion > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/058873.html>`__ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
