[oe] Checksums.ini again - new format this time

Holger Hans Peter Freyther holger+oe at freyther.de
Mon Nov 2 02:06:33 UTC 2009


On Sunday 01 November 2009 21:35:32 Leon Woestenberg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Marcin Juszkiewicz
> 
> <marcin at juszkiewicz.com.pl> wrote:
> > [archivename]
> > url0=url-to-sources
> > url1=alternative-url-to-sources
> > url2=another-alternative-url-to-sources
> > md5=md5sum
> > sha256=sha256sum
> 
> Can we simplify this a bit? i.e.
> 
> archivename
> url=url-to-sources
> url=alternative-url-to-sources
> url=another-alternative-url-to-sources
> md5=md5sum
> sha256=sha256sum
> 
> Why not just url instead of url0, url1, url2, ... ?

the problem with archivename there is no gurantee that the name will be 
globally unique. E.g. with Open Palmtop Integreated Environment (OPIE) One 
Password.. (OPIE) there was a clash and we might or might not have had a clash 
in release versions too...

z.




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