Robert Collins wrote: > On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 08:53, Max Bowsher wrote: > > >>> I read it as "the patches aren't necessarily in yet, but will go in >>> before the release"... >> >> Sounds reasonable. But discussion seems to have fizzled regarding >> Pierre's patch, so we must be careful it isn't forgotten. > > Perhaps the pendig patch list should be resurrected?
Will do. >>> As for fixing 1, it's been suggested, I believe, that only the packages >>> that are being installed be MD5-summed (just summarizing here). >> >> I'm attacking 1, trying to shift MD5-summing to as-needed rather than >> at-startup. > > Please, just disable the md5 checks via a command line option. > > There are non-trivial (non-code) issues to make it default to as-needed. OK, command line option for 200303, better solution for HEAD. It's past midnight here, though, so patch will have to wait until tomorrow. Max.
