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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2014-08-26 08:02:28 -0700
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2014-08-26 08:02:28 -0700
commitf42f54517dd53376a5d677204482bf4ce48531d1 (patch)
tree323bf064485bc1827a3e3528dbac82aa87fcb1d4 /docs
parent4c85a0d95fa39f33c0f5335199a2e9d58a8736a9 (diff)
Document that we should also offer sha256 checksums for packages
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-rw-r--r--docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt b/docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt
index 97f3ae0823..7c311ffde7 100644
--- a/docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt
@@ -194,13 +194,14 @@ OK, this is the fun part, where we actually push out a release!
$ md5sum dist/Django-*
$ sha1sum dist/Django-*
+ $ openssl dgst -sha256 dist/Django-*
#. Create a "checksums" file containing the hashes and release information.
Start with this template and insert the correct version, date, release URL
and checksums::
- This file contains MD5 and SHA1 checksums for the source-code tarball
- of Django <<VERSION>>, released <<DATE>>.
+ This file contains MD5, SHA1, and SHA256 checksums for the source-code
+ tarball of Django <<VERSION>>, released <<DATE>>.
To use this file, you will need a working install of PGP or other
compatible public-key encryption software. You will also need to have
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ OK, this is the fun part, where we actually push out a release!
gpg --verify <<THIS FILENAME>>
- Once you have verified this file, you can use normal MD5 and SHA1
+ Once you have verified this file, you can use normal MD5, SHA1, or SHA256
checksumming applications to generate the checksums of the Django
package and compare them to the checksums listed below.
@@ -236,6 +237,11 @@ OK, this is the fun part, where we actually push out a release!
SHA1(<<RELEASE TAR.GZ FILENAME>>)= <<SHA1SUM>>
+ SHA256 checksum:
+ ================
+
+ SHA256(<<RELEASE TAR.GZ FILENAME>>)= <<SHA256SUM>>
+
#. Sign the checksum file (``gpg --clearsign
Django-<version>.checksum.txt``). This generates a signed document,
``Django-<version>.checksum.txt.asc`` which you can then verify using ``gpg