Re: [rpm2html 1.5 patch] signature processing

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From: Daniel Veillard (Daniel.Veillard@w3.org)
Date: Mon Nov 06 2000 - 12:08:07 EST

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:18:48PM +0100, Peter Hanecak wrote:
> So, now it looks to me like this:
>
> a) comparing HTML page timestamp and the RPM timestamp is good because it
> happens BEFORE any closer inspection of package. So isn't it also solution
> for avoiding big averhead "signature resolving" introduces?

  well one still need to open the header to get the name/version/release/arch
(to base anything on filenames is really broken).

> b) comparing html or rdf output and current page is useless because it
> happens AFTER closer inspection of package ("signature resolving" is
> alredy done).

  No, because if the timestamp has changed for whatever reason and you
recompute the output, it's still better to check to avoid trashing http
caches.

> Is (A) correct?

  yes

Daniel 

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