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On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:51:41 -0700 |
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Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I know I've been out of touch for almost the last year, but why |
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> > remove sha512? the current code it is optional for either of the |
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> > two or both. |
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> > What is gentoo now supplying primarily? |
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> > If any change is to be made, I think it should be made as a plugin |
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> > so the base code doesn't need to be changed as things change to the |
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> > checksum of the day... |
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> releng.git does not use this functionality at all -- it was added by |
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> Rick for Pentoo, and Pentoo is now using only blake2. |
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> I'd like to remove it because catalyst is already a monstrosity of |
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> unnecessary and unused functionality. |
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> I'm happy to just fork catalyst if others want it to remain this way. |
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No, don't fork it. |
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If a plugin system is ever added for this, it'll be easy to create the |
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plugin of choice. |