Proposal to remove zlib from the Samba tree.

[jelmer at samba.org]

I like the idea of removing it and always using the system zlib. 

Please make sure that the build farm hosts all have zlib installed in a way that Samba can use it.

Cheers,

Jelmer

On 27 June 2014 20:18:22 BST, Ira Cooper <ira at samba.org> wrote:
>In a recent audit we found that our embedded zlib had windows .objs
>embedded in it.
>
>In zlib 1.2.8 (the current version) they've removed these .objs, but
>I'd
>rather remove a library from the tree than carry it around for someone
>else
>to step in later.
>
>I actually have the removal patch done, and it wouldn't be much work to
>do
>the upgrade patch.  I'm wondering what the consensus of the community
>is.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Ira