On 20 November 2012 23:22, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:51 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> (Though installing it just for hash creation may be overkill). >> >> Maven generates hashes which are easy to check. >> It's easy to use Ant to generate hashes in a suitable format. > > And this is the crux of the question -- what IS suitable format?
Ideally, whatever is supported by most (many) hash checking utilities. > Personally, I find it difficult to verify the GPG generated checksums. Ditto. It's particularly awkward when the hash is wrapped over several lines. I ended up writing a Perl script to handle all the variations. > If I'm not alone perhaps we should discourage the use of this > format and modify the release FAQ page. +1 > Thanks, > Roman. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
