[HN Gopher] zlib-ng: zlib replacement with optimizations for "ne...
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       zlib-ng: zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation"
       systems
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2025-03-16 11:45 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | stabbles wrote:
       | I can recommend building tar with pigz + zlib-ng enabled by
       | default instead of gzip.
        
       | notanote wrote:
       | Fedora made the switch in F40. Arch has it as a todo.
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       | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ZlibNGTransition
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       | https://archlinux.org/todo/zlib-ng-migration/
        
         | masklinn wrote:
         | The just released git 2.49 also has experimental support for
         | -ng.
        
       | dochtman wrote:
       | zlib-rs is faster than C:
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       | https://trifectatech.org/blog/zlib-rs-is-faster-than-c/
        
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