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SRI hashes are becoming more and more popular. It enables the use of hash attribute to pass the hash to the fetcher, making it easier to switch to a safer algorithm in the future. Besides, the base-64 coding is more standardized than the base-32 coding.
The Nix command-line interface currently provide support through
Additional context
Eelco Dostra's comment recommending the use of SRI hashes: #4354 (comment)
Théo Zimmermann's comment about the lack of this feature NixOS/rfcs#131 (comment)
A Nix RFC proposal (0131) to enforce the use of SRI hashes: NixOS/rfcs#131
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
SRI hashes are becoming more and more popular. It enables the use of
hash
attribute to pass the hash to the fetcher, making it easier to switch to a safer algorithm in the future. Besides, the base-64 coding is more standardized than the base-32 coding.The Nix command-line interface currently provide support through
but that requires enabling the
nix-command
experimental feature.Describe the solution you'd like
Describe alternatives you've considered
Do nothing and keep forcing the non-flakers to type
Additional context
Eelco Dostra's comment recommending the use of SRI hashes: #4354 (comment)
Théo Zimmermann's comment about the lack of this feature NixOS/rfcs#131 (comment)
A Nix RFC proposal (0131) to enforce the use of SRI hashes: NixOS/rfcs#131
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