VCS comparison table

Linus Torvalds torvalds at osdl.org
Thu Oct 19 17:49:46 BST 2006



On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 08:25:26AM -0700 I heard the voice of
> Linus Torvalds, and lo! it spake thus:
> > 
> > The biggest difference seems to be that in bzr, the final checksum
> > is 64-bit,
> 
> Actually, as best I know, it's not a checksum, just random bits (a
> quick glance at the code seems to agree with me).

Ahh. They may be that even in BK. I know BK had various 16-bit CRC 
checksums, but they were probably on the actual _file_ contents, not in 
the key itself.

		Linus




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