On sneon 12 Juny 2010, Russ Allbery wrote: > + <p> > + These fields contain a list of files with a checksum and size > + for each one. Both <tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> > + and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt> have the same syntax and differ > + only in the checksum algorithm used: SHA-1 > + for <tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> and SHA-256 > + for <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt>. > + </p>
What's the use of having both fields at the same time? I can see the desire to aid compatibility by leaving the Files: section in, but adding two new Checksums fields at the same time seems superfluous to me. What's the advantage of having both over just adding Checksums-Sha256 and forgetting about Checksums-Sha1? Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006151958.07009.th...@debian.org
