Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>: > In other words, usually the benefit of supporting multiple hash > functions as a reader is that you want the strength of the strongest > of those hash functions and you need a migration path to get there. > If you don't have a way to eventually drop support for the weaker > hashes, then what benefit do you get from supporting multiple hash > functions? Not losing the capability to verify old parts of histories up to the strength of the old hash algorithm. Not perfect, but better than nothing. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
