Switch to the zlib flate2 decompression backend #593
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The
flate2
crate supports multiple backends for performing decompression:https://github.com/rust-lang/flate2-rs#backends
The default
miniz_oxide
flate2 backend has poor performance in debug builds/under QEMU:rust-lang/flate2-rs#297
Ideally we'd use the fastest
zlib-ng
backend, however it fails to cross-compile:rust-lang/libz-sys#93
As such we have to use the next best alternate backend, which is the
zlib
backend.(This is the backend that the Python CNB already uses.)
GUS-W-13745779.