[gentoo-catalyst] Patch 0/8 Remaining patches in pending.

[Brian Dolbec]

[PATCH 1/8] Initial separation and creation of a hash_utils.py module

Well, that was a crappy way for git send-email to react.  
First when cancelling, it only cancelled the cover letter and the first commit.
And without entering an email address.  Second time it didn't send the cover 
and the 1/8 commit.
I didn't meant to group these together, but, since theyre on the list...