astral-sh / astral-sh/python-build-standalone

Consider distributing zlib-ng

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Description

We build and distribute our own zlib library.

We're currently using the canonical zlib library available from zlib.net.

zlib-ng (https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng) has various optimizations for zlib that can realize >10% perf wins while maintaining API compatibility. API compatibility means that zlib-ng should _just work_.

I reckon we could safely compile against and distribute zlib-ng so end-users automagically see significant performance wins.

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