[TYPO3-templavoila] Using checksums to determine template modification

[Jeff Segars]

Robert, Dmitry, etc,

I have a (hopefully) small feature request that I'd like to throw out 
for discussion before filing something on the bugtracker or making a 
patch.

Currently, the status of a template object is determined by checking the 
modification date of its HTML template file.  If the date has changed, a 
warning is generated.

We're creating quickstart-like packages based on TemplaVoila and running 
into issues with this timestamp based approach.  Our template files 
typically travel between several operating systems, version control, and 
a zip or tarball archive before being installed. With this many 
opportunities for a timestamp change, our templates always end up with 
warngings despite the fact that the actual contents have not changed.

What do you think about basing the template object's status off a 
checksum instead of the timestamp? If this doesn't add too much 
overhead, I wonder if it might be a more robust solution.

Thanks,
Jeff