Hashes wiki page

[Doug Smythies]

On 2104.09.08 15:57 Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:24:00PM -0700, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Doug Smythies <dsmythies at telus.net> wrote:
>>> For obvious reasons the hashes web page [1] is not editable by everyone.
>>> It is also not regularly maintained, leading to many bug reports
>>> (8 so far, since 14.04.1).
>>>
>>> Is there someone on this list with higher than normal wiki powers,
>>> that has sufficient rights to edit the page, that can help us with
>>> the bug report [2].
>>>
>>> We want to delete the entire content and have the page refer
>>> the user to the real location for the hashes.
>>>
>>> Gunnar has pointed out (off-list) that it may be desirable to
>>> do some collateral editing on [3], and that maybe [3] and [4]
>>> should be combined.
>>>
>>> Myself, I just want to get rid of this re-occurring issue, as it
>>> comes up every release and point release.
>>>
>>> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
>>> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1349715
>>> [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
>>> [4] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VerifyIsoHowto
>>
>> It looks like this was historically maintained by the Ubuntu release
>> team, including Colin (who has updated it last) and Stéphane (on the
>> release team) on this thread to get their opinion. I don't want to
>> just alter/delete it if they continue to find value in it and can
>> commit to keeping it updated.

> We do occasionally remember to update it, but my August was pretty busy.
> I've long thought that it shouldn't exist, and have only maintained it
> under sufferance; if you folks want to get rid of it and refactor the
> corresponding documentation to suggest better things, then I will do a
> little happy dance.  I think [3] and [4] likely need to be sorted out
> first though.

@Colin: Thanks for chiming in.

@ Lyz: This thread was started with all due diligence prior. We were well
aware of Colin's opinion, which he has now confirmed. See also [5] (linked to from
somewhere within [2])

[5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1219589/comments/4