From: David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xxhash.
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:36:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87383k6z9e.fsf@fsf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150428144826.GB4503@debian>
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 05:53:32PM -0400, David Thompson wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/xxhash.scm: New file.
>
> I am usually not in favour of adding new files for small utilities. Could it
> go somewhere else?
I don't like it either, but there's no existing module that makes
sense. Can anyone think of one? It this tool created cryptographic
hashes then I would have put it in crypto.scm.
>
>> + (synopsis "Extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm")
>> + (description
>> + "xxHash is an extremely fast hash algorithm, running at RAM speed limits.
>> +It successfully passes the SMHasher test suite evaluating hash quality.")
>
> Maybe drop the marketing parts "extremely fast"?
Okay.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-28 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-26 21:53 [PATCH] gnu: Add xxhash David Thompson
2015-04-28 14:48 ` Andreas Enge
2015-04-28 15:36 ` David Thompson [this message]
2015-04-29 20:53 ` Andreas Enge
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