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Re: Testing, and md5sums that vary???

 

Hi Lance,

Sorry for the delay. Is
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing#Lubuntu_Oneiric_11.10 better in
terms of the table layout and links for Beta 1?

Thanks for your input on this.

Regards,

Phill.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Could the "See server" part of the Beta 1 line be highlighted red and link
> to this page:
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/MD5SUMS
>
> Just an idea, but I have no idea how to do it ;^)
>
> Also "Torrent link" may be misleading because that link includes all DL
> options (http, jigdo, zsync, torrent).
>
> And that should be the only DL link needed for the Beta 1, having the QA
> testing link there could be confusing because about 4 days before Beta 2
> those images will change, and we mention (and link to) the iso-tracker in
> the next paragraph.
>
> In fact when the LTS releases have "point-upgades", eg: 10.04.4, they also
> pop up on the iso-tracker, sometimes several days prior to the actual
> release.
>
> As always thanks for all you do. That extends to every member of the team.
>
> Lance
>
> --- On *Sat, 9/3/11, Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary???
> To: "Jonathan Marsden" <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "lubuntu-desktop" <lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 5:33 AM
>
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> as there are various incarnations of lubuntu (i386, amd64, alt.....) each
> comes with its own unique md5. That is what I allude to when I state that
> the md5 varies. Maybe a note explaining that there are different build
> flavours each with their own md5 needs doing? I put it simply as for a
> person to check at the down load area for the md5 for which image they
> downloaded?
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
> On https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing we have a chart that now says
> our md5sums for some ISOs vary.
>
> Um.  The whole point is that they don't :)  For a given ISO image, the
> md5sum *must* be the same, or you don't have the same image!
>
> I think maybe someone got lazy and didn't want to add entries for 4 ISOs
> (LiveCD i386, LiveCD amd64, AlternateCD i386 abd AlternateCD amd64)?  Is
> that what "varies" means -- there are four images, each with their own
> (non-varying!) md5sum?
>
> Basically, I don't think saying our md5sums vary is helpful... can we
> fix this please?
>
> Jonathan
>
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