Bug#478295: Sha1 and sha256 in .changes and .dsc file

[Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>]

On sneon 12 Juny 2010, Russ Allbery wrote:
> +         <p>
> +           These fields contain a list of files with a checksum and size
> +           for each one.  Both <tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt>
> +           and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt> have the same syntax and differ
> +           only in the checksum algorithm used: SHA-1
> +           for <tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> and SHA-256
> +           for <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt>.
> +         </p>

What's the use of having both fields at the same time? I can see the desire to 
aid compatibility by leaving the Files: section in, but adding two new 
Checksums fields at the same time seems superfluous to me. What's the 
advantage of having both over just adding Checksums-Sha256 and forgetting 
about Checksums-Sha1?


Thijs