[Python-Dev] Re: python/dist/src/Doc/lib libzlib.tex,1.28,1.29

[Fredrik Lundh]

akuchling at users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> Index: libzlib.tex
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libzlib.tex,v
> retrieving revision 1.28
> retrieving revision 1.29
> diff -u -d -r1.28 -r1.29
> --- libzlib.tex 21 Jun 2003 14:15:25 -0000 1.28
> +++ libzlib.tex 19 Oct 2004 18:52:49 -0000 1.29
> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
> For applications that require data compression, the functions in this
> module allow compression and decompression, using the zlib library.
> The zlib library has its own home page at
> -\url{http://www.gzip.org/zlib/}.  Version 1.1.3 is the
> -most recent version as of September 2000; use a later version if one
> +\url{http://www.gzip.org/zlib/}.  Version 1.2.1 is the
> +most recent version as of October 2004; use a later version if one
> is available.  There are known incompatibilities between the Python
> module and earlier versions of the zlib library.

that's somewhat misleading, isn't it?

version 1.2.1 is of course the most recent version right now, but zlib works just
fine with 1.1.3 or later.  I suggest rephrasing the "known incompatibilities" part
to recommend 1.1.4 or later (there's a known security problem with 1.1.3; see
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/advisory-2002-03-11.txt for details).

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