Hello Lars, On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 03:35 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > A checksum is a number that identifies the contents of a file: if the > contents change, so does the checksum. If you create a checksum before > you burn a CD, when you know the files are correct, you can easily > check the CD at any time: just compute the checksum again and see if > they have changed. > . > summain computes and checks files against such checksums. It supports > both MD5 and SHA-1 checksums, using formats compatible with the md5sum > and sha1sum utilities, both for reading and writing. In addition, it > can read and verify checksums from Debian .dsc, .changes, and Sources > files. > > (This ITP is for a program not quite released yet. I hope to get some > feedback on the description. The release and package upload to NEW will > happen once Debcamp6 Internet access gets more usable, or when I return > home.) I like the description, but I'd switch the two paragraphs. People reading the details for this package would in most cases already be familiar with what a checksum is. It's good to explain it for those not yet "in the know", but it might be better to demote that information. Thijs
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