[Fedora-packaging] Review guidelines source checksum algorithm
Björn Persson
bjorn at xn--rombobjrn-67a.se
Sat Apr 2 11:35:43 UTC 2011
Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
> The main review guidelines page [1] specifically requires that one use
> md5sum to compare packages' tarballs against those from upstream. Is it
> necessary to require a specific algorithm? If so, should it still be
> MD5 in this day and age?
Why use checksums at all when diff works just fine?
Björn Persson
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