Yes. The download checksums and signatures are small files so they do not need to be load-balanced, and removing the intermediate makes the download of these files safer.
Warm regards, Craig > On Jan 12, 2026, at 10:54, James Fredley <[email protected]> wrote: > > So specifically should we remove the CDN and link directly? > > Change: > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/grails/grails-publish/0.0.4/sources/apache-grails-publish-0.0.4-src.zip.sha512?action=download > to: > https://downloads.apache.org/grails/grails-publish/0.0.4/sources/apache-grails-publish-0.0.4-src.zip.sha512 > > and > > Change: > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/grails/grails-publish/0.0.4/sources/apache-grails-publish-0.0.4-src.zip.asc?action=download > to: > https://downloads.apache.org/grails/grails-publish/0.0.4/sources/apache-grails-publish-0.0.4-src.zip.asc > > We would make the same change for all SHA512 and ASC links on the website. > > Thanks > James Fredley Craig L Russell [email protected]
