[openib-general] creating releases for the libraries you own

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Mon Oct 30 09:45:37 PST 2006


Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: creating releases for the libraries you own
> 
>  > Well, with ~user/html I can easily cook up a perl script to generate a MD5
>  > checksums or sign stuff and just stick them in the same directory as original files.
> 
> But you can do that with any old hosting, can't you?  Or am I missing
> something?

This depends on the level of paranoia :)
If all files are on the same server, I only have to trust that server's integrity.

> I just don't see much point in yet another place to stick
> files on the web, unless it's tied into an "official" openfabrics
> download page.

Its clear the tie needs to be there.
As a first step, we can put a link to relevant directories on the official
download page.

-- 
MST




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