>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joey> What do people here think about changing policy to
Joey> reccommend that packages contain a md5sums file? The md5sums
Joey> files have been around for over a year now, there is a well
Joey> defined file format, tools to use it and generate it. The
Joey> big reason to add it to policy is to make the tools that use
Joey> it (debsums, mainly) more useful, so they can begin to work
Joey> on all packages.
Jason> I honestly never understood the point. dpkg should be able
Jason> to generate such a file when it extracts the package,
Jason> including it in the package is just a brutal hack.
I believe this has been discussed before, and the general consensus
was that dpkg is slow enough already as it is; generating md5sums on
the fly, while it would be a great thing to have as an option,
probably isn't good for everyone all the time, as some people run
Debian on extremely slow processors, down to even a 68030 or a 386.
Anyone have "Debian on a super-slow machine" stories they care to
share? ;) My slowest was a 386 DX/40.
Ben
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