Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: HEADS UP: checksums change is not backward compatible

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Robert Collins <address@hidden>
    > On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 12:01, Tom Lord wrote:
    > > It shouldn't be difficult to modify these changes so that, for the
    > > moment, they will generate _both_ md5 and sha1 checksums.   That can
    > > be done in a way that will preserve upward compatability.

    > Done (both md5 and sha1), but it cannot. the 1.1pre0 parser is bust, and
    > fails.

Um.... I don't see that.  The 1.2pre0 parser looks for the
"Signature-for:" line followed by a bunch of md5 lines.  Is there a
good reason why the sha1-enabled checksum generator can't conform to
that?

    > Best practice AIUI is to do both anyway, so I don't see that changing.

Perhaps.

-t