Raphael Geissert <atomo64+deb...@gmail.com> writes: > At the beginning I considered downloading the .deb files to calculate > the checksums of the files, based on the analysis of Contents, but when > Paul replied to my questions I was thinking about using the file he > mentioned. I decided to implement the check using none of those methods > because I didn't see much gain, as it would consume more time to > calculate the checksums. > > If it is really desired, the current script in private/ could take some > more bits from the debhelper one which already downloads .deb files, and > checks/files be adapted. > > The list of fonts files is a bit large actually, so I though not using > checksums to be a good compromise between accuracy (or rather number of > false negatives) and speed.
Oh, I have no problem at all with what you did, and I don't think the additional work is worth it for the additional level of certainty unless people start complaining. I just wanted to acknowledge in the certainty that with a pure file name match, there are plausible cases where we'll get the tag wrong. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
