On 2012-07-12 16:04, Gergely Nagy wrote: > "Dmitry E. Oboukhov" <[email protected]> writes: > >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Dmitry E. Oboukhov <[email protected]> >> >> Package name : libdigest-sha1-perl >> Version : 2.13 >> Upstream Author : Gisle Aas <[email protected]> >> URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-SHA1/ >> License : Artistic or GPL-1+ >> Programming Lang: Perl >> Description : Perl interface to the SHA-1 algorithm >> >> The Digest::SHA1 module allows you to use the NIST SHA-1 message digest >> algorithm from within Perl programs. The algorithm takes as input a message >> of arbitrary length and produces as output a 160-bit "fingerprint" or >> "message digest" of the input. >> . >> The Digest::SHA1 module provide a procedural interface for simple use, as >> well as an object oriented interface that can handle messages of arbitrary >> length and which can read files directly. > > Out of curiosity, how does this compare to Digest::SHA > (libdigest-sha-perl), which is already in the archive, and supports SHA1 > and a couple of others too? > > Digest::SHA appears to have a very similar interface too. >
Hi, The package has been in the archive before, but was removed (see #594273). As I understand it, Digest::SHA1 should be redundant, but I might have overlooked something. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
