From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5393138350 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D9A5EE0AA2; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA664E0AA2 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ed1-f44.google.com (mail-ed1-f44.google.com [209.85.208.44]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mattst88) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A72D834EF11 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ed1-f44.google.com with SMTP id cw6so9750378edb.9 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYsLWHGLyw9H0wyPdRBhoOJczzryYA47F4veO0nrF+9GcgnECKX /rI9h7/igVmFc+E35luzKK8JMNGCjzEAXCOAB0Q= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKvL1c0A/j/02jeWV734U3wl715ghdRRBNJCcrOB45pHpojvv1XHaujgXydH0Rke31k3qBmxK1CnFb1Tux+EXo= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:22f7:: with SMTP id dn23mr7834050edb.167.1586368312845; Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200408032753.105267-1-mattst88@gentoo.org> <20200408091330.73b6ebf1@professor-x> In-Reply-To: <20200408091330.73b6ebf1@professor-x> From: Matt Turner Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 10:51:41 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 1/5] targets: Drop SHA512 isoroot verification support To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 48373acf-30f7-40be-9b3d-5b694b3227c8 X-Archives-Hash: 42d0b2c18c3fe13822fd14a8094e32e5 On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM Brian Dolbec 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.