Hashes wiki page

Doug Smythies dsmythies at telus.net
Wed Sep 24 14:55:17 UTC 2014


On 2014.09.22 05:50 David Symons wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Just jumped at this bug on the topic:
>> https://launchpad.net/bugs/1225442
 
> Thanks for the link.  Amongst other things the discussion there reinforces the requirement for access to the hashes via HTTPS.

> Also, until now I wasn't aware of the direct links to huc/c/UbuntuHashes from pages like:
>    http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

> To me, both these aspects would need to be attended to before any change to the page.  Plus it seems a HTTPS accessible page with the hashes is a requirement, Perhaps the ideal solution would > be for a Hashes Page to be auto-generated as part of the release process.

My input on this subject remains unaltered. The page should be replaced with the one we have been working on.
The authoritative supply of the information via HTTPS, or whatever, is not something the doc team can provide.
 
> In any case, I'll endeavour to make it a personal priority to maintain the page more regularly.

If this is how it plays out, then thanks.

... Doug
 




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