This ticket[1] has been sitting in BZ for a few weeks so I grabbed it. I'd like some input on the best way of remedying the issues. The ticket contains two problems of which I'll address separately. <QUOTE> 1. It would be much more convenient if there were a Windows utility for computing checksums available from the Fedora website. Yes, there are links to other websites that offer such tools, but this significantly reduces the amount of trust one can place in the tools, especially since they are not typically mainstream, high profile sites. The page (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/en_US/sn-validating-files.html) even has a prominent warning: "CAVEAT EMPTOR The Fedora Project and Red Hat Inc.. have no control over external sites such as the ones listed above, or the programs they provide" in reference to links to Windows checksum tools. </QUOTE> I'm not sure what our options are for creating Windows software to check checksums. Personally I feel that it is out of scope for Fedora. There are options available to the user but I agree with the warning provided. Using something like Bit Torrent to download the ISOs is a good option as the bits are verified automatically but that doesn't sound like a good option to give to someone running Windows. Any thoughts? <QUOTE> 2. From the home page I first clicked on "Get Fedora" in the sidebar. After downloading the disc image, I clicked on "Verify your download" which led me to (http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify). At the top of this page was a link for Windows users with the text "Windows user? Follow these instructions instead." that led to (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/en_US/sn-validating-files.html). But this page for Windows users was not self contained as the word "instead" implied, since it did not have links to the checksum files. It would clarify navigation to have all the information needed to verify the download on a single page, first presenting the checksum files, and then offering a choice between Linux or Windows for instructions on how to compute the checksum. </QUOTE> Well, this does fold into the first problem. Right now the link from "Get Fedora" sends you to a webpage[2] that provides information on verifying the checksum from cli. There is a link at the top of the page that sends you to the "readme-burning-isos" on docs.fp.o (which may or may not be out of date). This bring up multiple questions in my head. I don't have a problem putting the information from the guide on a webpage but should we duplicate the data in the two forms? Do they both get updated when a change is made? I don't know. But we should come up with a way forward on this. Comments encouraged! [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527060 [2] http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify --Eric -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
