On Thursday 09 February 2006 22:05, Ned Ludd wrote:
> I would like to see it drop the tab handling for indicating newlines
> and just use a real newlines when we want a newline.
>
> While having the tabs makes it easier for people to read it increases
> the byte size and adds some undesired complexity for admins, scripts &
> programs which want to utilize the file. A basic grep or sort would
> probably be more than a one liner when having to deal with the
> newline+tabs.

umm, i'm 99% sure you read it wrong ... the lines were wrapped in the GLEP to 
help you read it, the actual file format will not be like that

> Current ~arch portage-2.1_preX Manifest files are using MD5, RMD160 and
> SHA256;
>
> Will Manifest2 drop SHA1 and use SHA256 also?
> Is a max of 3 ciphers a self imposed hard limit? If not can we set that
> to be so we don't get carried away?

i think this is just a matter of the example being outdated
-mike
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