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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Give python-isal a mention in the zlib/gzip documentation","articleBody":"# Documentation\r\n\r\nThe documentation mentions several PyPI packages such as numpy and requests as an alternative for standard library packages.\r\n\r\nI would like to propose that [python-isal](https://github.com/pycompression/python-isal) gets a mention in the \"see also\" section of the zlib and gzip documentation. Simply: \"python-isal, faster zlib and gzip decompression and compression\".\r\n\r\nSince the documentation cannot just recommend any random project out there here follows the argumentation why python-isal should get a mention.\r\n\r\n1. Python-isal uses stdlib code and uses a PSF-2.0 license.\r\n2. As a result the following improvements could be made to the stdlib code:\r\n\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24645\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24647\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25011\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/27941\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/97664\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22408\r\n- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/29028\r\n\r\nPython-isal is a \"good citizen\" of the python ecosystem. All the improvements have been ported back to CPython. The useful thing about python-isal is that it allows the gzip and zlib code of CPython to evolve and get tested by a smaller group of users before it lands in CPython itself. The PRs above were all suggested only after the changes were found to be stable in releases of python-isal.\r\nTherefore more python-isal users is also beneficial to CPython itself. It is also beneficial for the users to be able to install a library that offers 2x faster decompression and 5x(!) faster compression. Hence a small one-liner in \"see also\" is warranted in my opinion.\r\n\r\nThe next thing for python-isal to tackle is this: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/89550 . When a working solution is found this will be backported to CPython.\r\n\r\nDisclosure: I am the python-isal maintainer.\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-98637\n* gh-132894\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/rhpvorderman","@type":"Person","name":"rhpvorderman"},"datePublished":"2022-10-17T05:45:12.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/98347/cpython/issues/98347"}