RFP: xxhash - Extremely fast hash algorithm

[Marco Atzeri]

On 06.09.2020 10:22, Jari Aalto wrote:
> The new rsync would benefit from the xxhash package, if someone had
> free time to package it:
> 
>    https://packages.debian.org/unstable/xxhash
> 
>    Extremely fast hash algorithm
> 
>    xxHash is an Extremely fast Hash algorithm, running at RAM speed
>    limits. It successfully completes the SMHasher test suite which
>    evaluates collision, dispersion and randomness qualities of hash
>    functions. Code is highly portable, and hashes are identical on all
>    platforms (little / big endian).
> 
> Jari
> 

Doug offered to package it

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2020-August/040370.html

but he never followed up with the upload

Regards
Marco