Re: [dev] Checksums and Sig files for release gzip

From: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:42:50 +0200

On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:30:15 +0200
Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:05:01 +0300
> Sergey Matveev <stargrave_AT_stargrave.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Sergey,
>
> > If we a talking here about checking software integrity, then speed is
> > important. Millions of people check the hash of downloaded files -- if
> > it is slow, then huge quantity of time/energy is wasted. Less time you
> > spent on hashing, less energy is wasted. SHA2 (and SHA3 too, if we are
> > not talking about KangarooTwelve modifications) is the worst choice
> > from ecology point of view.
>
> we would save much more energy by banning autohell, Rust, bloated

I've completely ignored Rust. What's the problem with it?

> electron-apps and Qt. Especially autohell is really a huge waste of
> time and energy, and I often find that packages take longer to
> "configure" (what for?) than to actually compile. Never has configure
> ever helped me; it always stood in the way, e.g. when GHC added a
> warning a few months ago, breaking all autoconf-checks who assumed that
> any output from the compiler was an error.
>
> With best regards
>
> Laslo
>
Received on Sat Apr 17 2021 - 17:42:50 CEST