On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:35:52PM +0200, Sjors Gielen wrote: > Kees Cook wrote: > > Additionally, it doesn't matter -- it's just the md5 in the email > > announcement. The Release and Packages files for the archive have SHA1 > > and SHA256. The md5 from the announcement is almost not important, > > IMO -- no one should download files individually from the announcement. > > So if the Release and Packages files are using SHA1 and SHA256, why > aren't the announcements?
That's up to the people that control the template, but I would assume because the template is based off of the changes files which until very recently, only had md5s. And besides, why make the announcement emails even longer? :) -- Kees Cook @outflux.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
