Adam Majer [off-list ref] writes:
So maybe my question should be reworded to "is sha256 still considered
early stage, for testing purposes only with possible data-loss or can
it be relied on for actual long lived repositories?"
My understanding is that they are in a happy place where they are
just as usable as SHA-1 based repositories have been. As we have
well-worked out interoperability design but no implementation, it
may have to change once we discover something missing in the design,
though. But without such clarification, you already know the answer
to the above question in the message you are responding to. Having
a migration path means "possible data-los" is not in the picture.
The scary wording should be removed
though, as currently it sounds like "data loss incoming and it's your
fault" if one chooses sha256
Good.
THanks.