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[v0.3] specify instances in which metadata-hash should not change?
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Description
Are there any instances in which we can assert that metadata-hash should remain the same? Or is the only invariant that if the hash doesn't change, then the mtime / size / contents should be the same ?
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Research direction
Start by reading the v0.3 metadata-hash specification context and the invariant stated in the issue. Determine whether any condition guarantees an unchanged hash, or whether equality only implies unchanged mtime, size, and contents; document the resolved invariant in the relevant specification text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100