Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 1/5] targets: Drop SHA512 isoroot verification support
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:51:57
Message-Id: CAEdQ38HbYOLpRdW0J2GYC0Kho5DO7SQnXp_bvTrNwT_eG+q3_Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 1/5] targets: Drop SHA512 isoroot verification support by Brian Dolbec
1 On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote:
2 > I know I've been out of touch for almost the last year, but why remove
3 > sha512? the current code it is optional for either of the two or both.
4 >
5 > What is gentoo now supplying primarily?
6 >
7 > If any change is to be made, I think it should be made as a plugin so
8 > the base code doesn't need to be changed as things change to the
9 > checksum of the day...
10
11 releng.git does not use this functionality at all -- it was added by
12 Rick for Pentoo, and Pentoo is now using only blake2.
13
14 I'd like to remove it because catalyst is already a monstrosity of
15 unnecessary and unused functionality.
16
17 I'm happy to just fork catalyst if others want it to remain this way.

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