Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:14:59 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distfile belongs to? Message-ID: <457708A3.3080306@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BDBB52B0-3FB2-4C82-A507-4785183B3C1F@FreeBSD.org> References: <17771.24717.95357.989644@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <456B70E9.4030408@FreeBSD.org> <20061204213106.GA42084@atarininja.org> <45749998.3070308@FreeBSD.org> <20061204232125.GA42307@atarininja.org> <790a9fff0612050838s66c655fapfde80d4038f64ca2@mail.gmail.com> <20061205172803.GA51892@atarininja.org> <4575C568.70905@FreeBSD.org> <20061205194146.GC52966@atarininja.org> <20061205203120.GA53894@atarininja.org> <4575EBA8.3020601@FreeBSD.org> <BDBB52B0-3FB2-4C82-A507-4785183B3C1F@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ade Lovett wrote:
>
> On Dec 05, 2006, at 13:59 , Doug Barton wrote:
>
>> Wesley Shields wrote:
>>>> @comment DISTFILE:$filename:$size:$md5:$sha256
>>
>> I think that's good, the other information might come in handy down
>> the road. One thing you might want to consider is to put the md5 sum
>> at the end, since at some point down the road (maybe years from now,
>> but still ...) we're likely to drop md5 altogether.
>
> Better still would be:
>
> @comment DISTFILE:<filename>[':' <key>=<value>]*
>
> eg: DISTFILE:foo:SIZE=1234:MD5=...:SHA256=...
>
> Relying on the specific position of an item in a delimited list almost
> always comes back and bites in painful spots later on down the way.
> Minimal extra parsing required by consumers, and bits and pieces can be
> added/removed almost at will.
Personally I think this is overkill, but I won't argue against it.
Doug
--
This .signature sanitized for your protection
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?457708A3.3080306>