PhysicsFS. Can we get rid of this library?

[moltengear]

PhysicsFS. Can we get rid of this library?
I do not quite understand the need to use this library. It is enough to use only zlib

[pastdue]

Unlikely, as it's used for cross-platform file / path handling support, in addition to zip support.

(How WZ constructs search paths is worth a separate discussion, though.)

[Tzeentch]

zlib-ng may be worth a look jfyi

https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng