-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aloha!
Richard Brodie wrote: > "Joachim Str�mbergson" <joac...@strombergson.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.2422.1246418400.8015.python-l...@python.org... > >> Even so, choosing md5 in 2009 for something that (hopefully) will be >> used in years is a bad design decision. It creates a dependency for to >> an algorithm that all sensible recommendations point you to move away >> from. > > Why not write the field as algorithm:value? > > e.g. sha1:8590b685654367e3eba70dc00df7e45e88c21da4 > > Installers can fallback to using hashlib.new(), so you can plug in a new > algorithm without changing the PEP or the installer code. +1 Good idea and future proof as well as being simple. - -- Med vänlig hälsning, Yours Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning. ======================================================================== Kryptoblog - IT-säkerhet på svenska http://www.strombergson.com/kryptoblog ======================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpMaFoACgkQZoPr8HT30QHVxQCfWqKprUaAQxaxTfYJVfIp8+FC 5UIAn2cWNoMe+sdNO4BSZG7e+19qkqvl =Id7s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
