[Distutils] Proposal: drop md5 for sha256

[Bohuslav Kabrda]

----- Original Message -----
> On 7/3/12 9:42 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> I would like to amend the spec. The hash column of RECORD should
> >> be
> >>
> >> 'sha256:' + urlsafe_b64encode(hashlib.sha256(data))
> >>
> >> instead of the hopelessly obsolete md5. With a secure hash
> >> function,
> >> you can digitally sign RECORD.
> >>
> > Signing packages does sound interesting, but what authority would
> > sign them? The authors of the packages themselves?
> 
> Notice that there's already a --sign feature in Distutils, using gpg.
> 

Ah, I didn't know about that.

> Hash in the RECORD file have nothing to do with making sure the
> package
> is originated from developer X.
> Its only purpose is to know if a file on the system was changed
> 

Well, since there is the --sign feature, I totally agree that md5 is sufficient for making checksums.

> 
> Cheers
> Tarek
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Regards,
Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda.