Re: [Integrit-devel] even more integrit patches

[Yuri D'E. <wa...@yu...>]

On Sep 20, 2005, at 3:18, Ed L. Cashin wrote:

> On 9/18/05, Yuri D'Elia <wa...@yu...> wrote:
>
>> [hopefully the last set]
>>
>> - patch2.diff:  introduces the "digest.h" wrapper, making future
>> digest changes trivial. Removed the use of md5, db sums are now in
>> sha1. I'm sorry this patch includes whitespace changes from the
>> previous one. I can re-diff if needed.
>> - patch3.diff: switches integrit to Ripemd-160. Same checksum size as
>> SHA-1 (keeps the db small), almost as fast, included in gnupg stable
>> series (I've used the rmd160.c implementation from gpg 1.4.2), not
>> broken yet. Requires patch2.
>> - patch4.diff: small i-ls fix.
>>
>
> This will be a major version number increase,
> to version 4.0, because it will result in an integrit
> that is not compatible with the older versions.
>
> ... Not that there's anything wrong with that.
> If the old checksums are obsolete, compatibility
> is not desirable.  Plus, users interested in their
> old databases can easily keep an old integrit
> with their databases.

Agreed.