[csw-maintainers] gar suggestion

[Philip Brown]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Fri Jun 25 18:53:09 -0400 2010:
>
>> so I'd like to suggest that a fetch, automatically calculate the
>> sums.
>
> I've thought about this same solution before and reconsidered.  If you
> want to update the makesums automatically, there is no point in having
> them at all.

This is not quite the same thing as I am saying.
I am saying that IF you are in "download the source code" mode, AND IF
there is no existing checksum in the file, THEN auto-generate one.



> If you want to rephrase the suggestion to "lets get rid
> of [checksums]  [(entirely)] I'd likely jump on that with you.

I'd second that though :-)