Re: [PATCH 7/8] cksum: add --algorithm option to select digest mode

[Jim Meyering]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:39 PM Pádraig Brady <P@draigbrady.com> wrote:
> I need to add some NEWS for this one:
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index d9ab04529..7c245f1a6 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- 
> outline -*-
>
>   ** New Features
>
> +  cksum now supports the -a (--algorithm) option to select any
> +  of the exiting sum, md5sum, b2sum, sha*sum implementations etc.
> +  cksum now has the superset functionality of all these utilities,
> +  and there will be no future standalone checksumming utilities introduced.
> +
>     expr and factor now support bignums on all platforms.
>
>     ls --classify now supports the "always", "auto", or "never" flags,

Nit: s/exiting/existing/

Also, maybe shorten and reword the final sentence to be active-voice?
> cksum now subsumes all of these programs,
> and coreutils will introduce no future standalone checksum utility.