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@StanFromIreland StanFromIreland commented Oct 14, 2025


* `libb2 <https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2>`_ (:ref:`BLAKE2 <hashlib-blake2>`),
used by :mod:`hashlib` module.
* `libb2 <https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2>`_ (:ref:`BLAKE2 <hashlib-blake2>`)
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I removed some unnecessary commas here.

incompatibilities between the Python module and versions of the zlib library
earlier than 1.1.3; 1.1.3 has a `security vulnerability <https://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html#faq33>`_, so we recommend using
1.1.4 or later.
has its own home page at https://www.zlib.net. zlib 1.2.2.1 is the minium
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This was wrong for a while:

#if defined(ZLIB_VERNUM) && ZLIB_VERNUM < 0x1221
#error "At least zlib version 1.2.2.1 is required"
#endif

* `Tcl/Tk <https://www.tcl-lang.org/>`_ 8.5.12 for the :mod:`tkinter` module.

* `zlib <https://www.zlib.net>`_ 1.1.4 is the reccomended minimum version for the
* `zlib <https://www.zlib.net>`_ 1.2.2.1 is the minimum version for the
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zlib 1.2.2.0 was released in 2004: https://madler.net/pipermail/zlib-announce_madler.net/2004/000002.html. So it sounds reasonable to require this (old) version.

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As I noted here, it is required by the code. One will get an error otherwise.

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LGTM

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Thanks!

@vstinner vstinner merged commit 2ca3c85 into python:main Oct 14, 2025
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Merged, thanks.

@StanFromIreland StanFromIreland deleted the zlib-ver branch October 15, 2025 06:22
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encukou commented Nov 10, 2025

#141204 effectively backports this to 3.14.

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