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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:40:48 -0700
From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 1/5] targets: Drop SHA512 isoroot
 verification support
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:51:41 -0700
Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > I know I've been out of touch for almost the last year, but why
> > remove sha512?  the current code it is optional for either of the
> > two or both.
> >
> > What is gentoo now supplying primarily?
> >
> > If any change is to be made, I think it should be made as a plugin
> > so the base code doesn't need to be changed as things change to the
> > checksum of the day...  
> 
> releng.git does not use this functionality at all -- it was added by
> Rick for Pentoo, and Pentoo is now using only blake2.
> 
> I'd like to remove it because catalyst is already a monstrosity of
> unnecessary and unused functionality.
> 
> I'm happy to just fork catalyst if others want it to remain this way.
> 

No, don't fork it.

If a plugin system is ever added for this, it'll be easy to create the
plugin of choice.