[Bug 1597287] Review Request: zchunk - A compressed file format that allows easy deltas

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1597287



--- Comment #9 from Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.brain@xxxxxxxxx> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Dieter from comment #7)
> (In reply to Igor Gnatenko from comment #5)
> > So the licensing is complicated here:
> > * It should be BSD and MIT and Public Domain
> > * Provides: bundled(buzhash) = VERSION OF BUZHASH
> 
> I had to modify the original code, so it can't really be unbundled.  I'll go
> ahead and add the provides.
> 
> > There seems to be some bundled code about multipart parsing...
> 
> There was, but it didn't do what I needed, so I had to start from scratch. 
> I obviously forgot to delete the original README.md, so I'll take care of
> that

Why did you do that? Any reason not to use some other dependency which meet
your needs?

> > * Provides: bundled(something) = VERSION OF THIS SOMETHING
> > * Provides: bundled(sha1) = …
> > * Provides: bundled(sha2) = …
> > 
> > But please, can you unbundle those?
> 
> These were bundled to keep dependencies at a minimum because I see zchunk as
> having universal use, even in places where openssl might not be available.
> 
> Having said that, if you feel strongly about this, I will change zchunk so
> openssl is an optional dependency, that, if available, will provide the
> hashing functions rather than the built-in hashing functions.
> 
> Do you feel that that would be worth the effort?

Just saying that it can't be dependency of dnf because in enterprise any
crypto-related code has to be checked and certified. While if you use openssl,
this is already done. So yes, please use openssl.

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