Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-06 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Markus Ullmann wrote: > Zac Medico schrieb: >> The primary reason to use a digest for cache validation instead of a >> timestamp is that it allows the cache validation mechanism to work >> even if the tree is distributed with a protocol that does not >

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-06 Thread Markus Ullmann
Zac Medico schrieb: The primary reason to use a digest for cache validation instead of a timestamp is that it allows the cache validation mechanism to work even if the tree is distributed with a protocol that does not preserve timestamps, such as git or subversion. This would make it possible to