Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: Sheng Yu <syu.os@××××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/3] glep-0074: clarifications about size and checksum fields
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 07:34:22
Message-Id: u35ch445r@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/3] glep-0074: clarifications about size and checksum fields by Sheng Yu
1 >>>>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2022, Sheng Yu wrote:
2
3 > The hash does not need to be lowercase. It can be a quick fix in
4 > portage to accept any case.
5
6 That would break backwards compatibility. Also, having a uniquely
7 defined format helps when comparing hashes with the output of tools like
8 b2sum or sha512sum.
9
10 Ulrich

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