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diff --git a/dev-haskell/cryptohash-sha256/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/cryptohash-sha256/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b1c194fc6871 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/cryptohash-sha256/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription> + A practical incremental and one-pass, pure API to the + <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2 SHA-256 hash algorithm> + with performance close to the fastest implementations available in other languages. + + The implementation is made in C with a haskell FFI wrapper that hides the C implementation. + + NOTE: This package has been forked off @cryptohash-0.11.7@ because the @cryptohash@ has been + deprecated and so this package continues to satisfy the need for a lightweight package + providing the SHA256 hash algorithm without any dependencies on packages other than + @base@ and @bytestring@. + + Consequently, this package can be used as a drop-in replacement for @cryptohash@'s + "Crypto.Hash.SHA256" module, though with a clearly smaller footprint. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |