source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/docs/download.htm

   1 <section> <date> 2004-05-18 </date>
   2 <H2> Download </H2> what to get to get it
   3
   4 <section>
   5 <H4>Sourceforge File Area</H4>
   6
   7 <center>
   8 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6389">
   9                 sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6389 </a>
  10 </center>
  11
  12 <P>
  13   All source releases and some binary releases are listed at the
  14   sourceforge download area under the link show above. The sourceforge
  15   file area is replicated all over the world and should be accessible
  16   with highest bandwith in all corners of the world.
  17 </P>
  18
  19 </section><section>
  20 <H4> Which Version To Download </H4>
  21
  22 <P>
  23   Do not use 0.10.x anymore! It is listed as stable since it is the
  24   only release of zziplib tested to work on a few dozen platforms.
  25   However there were some problematic zip files out there that can
  26   trigger segfaults. Later zzip file decoders have extra checks and
  27   helper routines for that. It's just that the later zziplib have not
  28   been given as many crossplatform build tets as the 0.10.x generation.
  29 </P>
  30 <P>
  31   Use a 0.12.x (proto-stable) or a 0.13.x (developer) variant of
  32   zziplib, especially if you intend to make heavy usage of the zip
  33   decoders in specialized environments - I will not add any fixes to
  34   the 0.10.x series anymore (it's deep frozen) but if you hit a
  35   problem with 0.13.x I can help you quickly with a patch and official
  36   bugfix release. The later versions are regulary checked crossplatform
  37   atleast for <b>Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Darwin/MacOSX, Win32/NT</b>
  38   including i386, amd64, sparc, sparc64, powerpc where available.
  39 </P>
  40 <P>
  41   Note that all generations 0.10.x through 0.13.x are strictly
  42   <b>backward compatible</b>. There is a core API (file and dir
  43   handling) being binary compatible, which is also true for most
  44   of the helper routines (data getters). Only some rarely used
  45   entries are made source level compatible, and so far no one had
  46   ever any problem with binary compatibility of the zziplib DLLs.
  47 </P>
  48 <P>
  49   The MSVC users are strongly advised to use a a later version as
  50   well since I have tested the 0.12.x/0.13.x myself and making
  51   some msc binary dll releases directly - prior versions were
  52   thirdparty contributions which were working smoothly since I have
  53   been preparing zziplib for win32 using the gcc/mingw compile suite.
  54   Please check also the <a href="developer.html">developer pages</a>.
  55 </P>
  56 </section></section>