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Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 18:41:24 -0400
From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
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On 5/24/2013 5:55 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2013-05-24 07:33, Ken Brown wrote:
>> I'm not comfortable removing the version test, since I don't know the
>> reason for it.  As you say, the low frequency of zlib updates makes this
>> a minor issue.
>
> If you were to rebuild texlive immediately, I would agree, but as you
> aren't planning to, right now it is a major issue: users should not have
> to choose between the important bugfixes (not to mention the new API) in
> 1.2.8 and a properly functioning luatex.
 >
> I agree with the conclusion in the Gentoo bug entry: the version check
> is completely superfluous and should be removed, so that this does not
> continue to be an issue in the future.

Having now read through the bug entry, as well as the corresponding 
thread on the dev-luatex mailing list, I agree.  So I'll rebuild texlive 
within the next few days and remove the version check.

Ken


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