Hashes wiki page

[David Symons]

Hi all,

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Doug Smythies <dsmythies at telus.net> wrote:

>
> 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].
>

I've updated the page with the 14.04.1 hashes (and closed the bug).
 Hopefully taking that pressure off while discussion on an alternative
approach continues.

>>> We want to delete the entire content and have the page refer
> >>> the user to the real location for the hashes.
>

If someone puts the proposed wording together I can put it up.


> >>>
> >>> 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.
>

Having now done it just the once, I now empathise. :-)


> > 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



Regards, Dave.
--
David Symons
Armidale  NSW  Australia
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