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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: sha1 support


From: Tom Lord
Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: sha1 support
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:01:35 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Colin Walters <address@hidden>

    > > Because it's not too hard to do and spares users of 1.2pre0 (and
    > > 1.2pre1 as soon as the list is back up) from a continuity error while
    > > tracking the head or maintaining their own archives.

    > We can assure an easier transition by releasing a tla 1.2pre2 which
    > contains the newer parser, but doesn't generate sha1 sums.  This is
    > incredibly easy to do: just wrap #if 0 around the part that does
    > safe_write ("sha1 ...);.

    > Then the final tla 1.2 will do the generation.  And we all only convert
    > our archives once tla 1.2 is out for real.

That's true but it will only reduce, (probably) not eliminate those
effected by the discontinuity.

Is there a rush for sha1 stuff?   Is there some reason why buffering
the checksums before writing the file is a bad idea?

Very often, on #arch at least, people are told to use head or the
latest preX release because, in spite of the names, they have proven
to be stable and reliable over a long time period.  Why undermine
that?

-t




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