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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xxhash.


From: Andreas Enge
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add xxhash.
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:48:26 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 05:53:32PM -0400, David Thompson wrote:
> * gnu/packages/xxhash.scm: New file.

I am usually not in favour of adding new files for small utilities. Could it
go somewhere else?

> +    (synopsis "Extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm")
> +    (description
> +     "xxHash is an extremely fast hash algorithm, running at RAM speed 
> limits.
> +It successfully passes the SMHasher test suite evaluating hash quality.")

Maybe drop the marketing parts "extremely fast"?

Otherwise, it looks good to me.

Andreas




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