Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-11-06 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Le 29/09/2016 à 00:14, Stéphane Blondon a écrit : > It's time to wait now. As you say, I will remind you about the task in > one week or two if it's not done. > Steve added the checksums few weeks ago. I committed the removal of the old checksum algorithms in the repository: https://anonscm.deb

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-28 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Le 27/09/2016 à 23:38, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:24:09AM +0200, Stéphane Blondon wrote: >> I could commit the current version (with Holger's fix), wait for the >> checksum generations, then commit the removal of the MD5 sentence. >> So you can take time when you will be

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:24:09AM +0200, Stéphane Blondon wrote: >Le 27/09/2016 à 01:21, Steve McIntyre a écrit : >> No problem - it's something I can do directly myself on >> cdimage.d.o. It won't take too long to do, but may take me a few days >> to get around to. I'm currently away from home at

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-27 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Le 27/09/2016 à 01:21, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > No problem - it's something I can do directly myself on > cdimage.d.o. It won't take too long to do, but may take me a few days > to get around to. I'm currently away from home at a conference... Great! I could commit the current version (with Holg

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 01:17:44AM +0200, Stéphane Blondon wrote: >Le 26/09/2016 à 20:03, Steve McIntyre a écrit : >> To be honest, it might just be easier to go back and generate better >> checksums for the older releases. It won't take too long, and would >> simplify the docs and make it easier f

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-26 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Le 26/09/2016 à 20:03, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > To be honest, it might just be easier to go back and generate better > checksums for the older releases. It won't take too long, and would > simplify the docs and make it easier for users. How does that sound? It's probably the best solution for th

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 07:57:06PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: >Hi, > >Stéphane Blondon wrote: >> After checking in the archive, MD5 checksum only is for very old releases: >> >> v.7: SHA512, SHA256, SHA1, MD5 >> v.6: SHA512, SHA256, SHA1, MD5 >> v.5: SHA1, MD5 >> v.4: SHA1, MD5 >> v.3.1: MD5 >>

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-26 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Stéphane Blondon wrote: > After checking in the archive, MD5 checksum only is for very old releases: > > v.7: SHA512, SHA256, SHA1, MD5 > v.6: SHA512, SHA256, SHA1, MD5 > v.5: SHA1, MD5 > v.4: SHA1, MD5 > v.3.1: MD5 > > So what do you think about: > > ''' > For CD releases older than Debia

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-26 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Le 25/09/2016 à 22:02, Holger Wansing a écrit : > Hi, > > Stéphane Blondon wrote: >> To validate the contents of a CD image, just be sure to use the >> appropriate checksum tool. >> -For older archived CD releases, only MD5 checksums were generated in >> -the MD5SUMS files; you should use the

Re: Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-25 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Stéphane Blondon wrote: > To validate the contents of a CD image, just be sure to use the > appropriate checksum tool. > -For older archived CD releases, only MD5 checksums were generated in > -the MD5SUMS files; you should use the tool > -md5sum to work with these. > -For newer releases, n

Using sha512 checksum for default in CD/verify page

2016-09-25 Thread Stéphane Blondon
Hello, on the page https://www.debian.org/CD/verify.en.html, the explanation is more based on MD5 than on better checksum algorithms. I think it would be better to talk about SHA512 for default example and MD5 as fallback only. I made a patch for that (see attachment). I removed the reference fo