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Haskell's Stack and Nix have immutable repositories in a more technical sense: you can specify the entire set of dependencies using cryptographic hashes of thei
by DarylZero 5y ago
Haskell's Stack and Nix have immutable repositories in a more technical sense: you can specify the entire set of dependencies using cryptographic hashes of their contents.
- iudqnolq 5y agoOther package managers also store hashes, just separately in lock files. The main issue is a takedown for legal or administrative reasons. If you have a hash that might possibly be helpful in searching for an alternative source after a takedown, but it's not that much protection