On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:51:41 -0700 Matt Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Brian Dolbec <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know I've been out of touch for almost the last year, but why > > remove sha512? the current code it is optional for either of the > > two or both. > > > > What is gentoo now supplying primarily? > > > > If any change is to be made, I think it should be made as a plugin > > so the base code doesn't need to be changed as things change to the > > checksum of the day... > > releng.git does not use this functionality at all -- it was added by > Rick for Pentoo, and Pentoo is now using only blake2. > > I'd like to remove it because catalyst is already a monstrosity of > unnecessary and unused functionality. > > I'm happy to just fork catalyst if others want it to remain this way. > No, don't fork it. If a plugin system is ever added for this, it'll be easy to create the plugin of choice.
