> I'm not trying to pick a scab.  Just found it curious when I was working on a 
> portfile that both were recommended without offering any reasons why.
> 
> Hadn't thought about malicious alteration of the distfiles.  I presumed it 
> was to detect garbled transmission.

If Ryan were awake already, he'd send you a precise link to the discussion. 
Just use google to search the mailing list archives to find all the discussions 
you could dream of :-)

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