Code review comment for lp:~maxb/launchpad/use-hashlib
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| Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote | # |
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Python 2.5 introduced the hashlib module as the new home of hash functions.
Python 2.6 deprecated the old md5 and sha modules.
To help in clearing the way for a future migration to Python 2.6, here is a branch substituting the use of hashlib for md5 and sha. It also replaces the usage of python-apt's sha256 function (formerly necessary since Python 2.4 offered no sha256 implementation) with hashlib.sha256, allowing a removal of compatibility code.
These changes were originally authored by Barry during the Python 2.5/2.6 sprint, and left on a branch including Python-2.6-only changes at the end of the sprint. I've disentangled them for landing on mainline.