Re: CHECKSUM is not easily accessible on Fedora Download Page

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On 01/19/2011 05:59 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 18:01 +0000, g wrote:
>> torrent download, which is self checking.
> 
> Only against changes to the content of the file being downloaded (that
> what> you started to download, is the same as what the uploader provided).
> 
> You need to *separately* check the file against another source, to be sure
> that you've downloaded a copy of the original, not something that's been
> tampered with.

thank you for clarification. my misunderstanding was from what i had
read on this list in past year or so.

> I don't download ISOs and install very often.

i have had that same good fortune. up to now anyway, with upgrading
from fc8 thru to f12.

i missed updating f12 and eol hit before i could update.

i decided to skip f13 and when i looked for f14 and checksum files, they
were no where to be found. tho i am sure they are around somewhere.

> So every time I do this, I have to look up instructions, and hunt around
> for them and the right checksum file.

it would be nice if fedora site was setup so that everything, releases,
iso files, software packages, new and archives, where accessible via
a better, single, ftp layout. but then, it is difficult to *prettify* an
ftp page, so why should they spend the time.

"http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/"; is pretty much 'straight forward'.
so why can same not be done for *new*?

even better, set up an "ftp://fedoraproject.org/pub/";

> I agree with the original poster that, from time to time, the website
> does suck.

from wrong end too.

> I've seen the website being well written, then later changes have made it
> hideous to use.  It keeps on changing.  The website authors seem more 
> interested in how it looks, rather than what it says.

i agree 100%. changes to site pages are worse than kde changes. :)

they do not understand that there is no "for" in "kiss".


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