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FS#65775 - Checksums section of download page may be misunderstood

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Serhii Melnyk (KHR3b) - Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 21:12 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 21:53 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Web Sites
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

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Description: Checksums section of download page may be misunderstood

To my shame, as a newbie, after reading Checksums section of download page I've tried to calculate md5 sum and sha1 sum for iso.sig. Not for iso itself.

what order of checksums now we have:
1) PGP signature (link)
2) MD5:
3) SHA1:

What might be:
1) MD5:
2) SHA1:
3) PGP signature (link)

Thx for reading.
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 21:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  Thank you for reporting. See the detailed reason for closing below.
Comment by freswa (frederik) - Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 21:53 GMT
Thank you for the report. I looked into this and from an advanced user perspective I don't think the different order would change much. There is a line above the checksums and the signature stating
"File integrity checksums for the latest releases can be found below:". Since everything beneath is indented, I think it's rather clear that all three points belong to the file integrity checking.
You could still think that the checksums apply to the signature below if you have never worked with signed packages before, but I doubt we can change that with one or two sentences in the download page.
Feel free to join #archlinux-newbie on freenode (IRC) or the forums if you need any additional help.

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