#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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 Reporter:  adamwill  |       Owner:  rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
     Type:  task      |      Status:  new                            
Milestone:            |   Component:  koji                           
 Keywords:            |  
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 Going through the F16 QA retrospective, there's this series of linked
 points from Andre Robatino:

 "robatino - Alpha and Beta torrents often have unsigned checksum files -
 this just happened with 16 Alpha. It also happened during F13 and F14 -
 see http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090106.html
 for F13 Beta, and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_activity.cgi?id=638738
 for F14 Alpha and Beta. When it's pointed out, we're told that it's not
 feasible to change them once people have started downloading, but if this
 is true, there needs to be better checking (at least as much as for mirror
 content, which can be changed) to make sure the torrents are correct
 before being posted. Filed https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/237
 and https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/4906 . No response from releng
 as of yet. Unless QA is given access prior to public posting, it is
 powerless to prevent this.
 robatino - Also, it's possible that the checksum files can be signed more
 than once. There are two versions of the signed checksum files for F15,
 one on the torrents (the original ones) and a different one on the
 mirrors. See http://robatino.fedorapeople.org/checksums/15-Final/ for the
 two versions - for example, Fedora-15-i386-CHECKSUM.orig and
 Fedora-15-i386-CHECKSUM. While not nearly as serious as the above issue
 (since the checksums are the same and both signatures are good), it could
 be confusing. "

 A quick mail discussion prompted the suggestion from Andre that the best
 way to cover all these issues would be for there to be a Deliverables wiki
 page / SOP which clearly lists all the 'bits' that should be delivered for
 each image drop - Alpha, Beta, Final, TC and RC. This would provide a
 simple reference for whoever's doing the build to make sure everything has
 been provided.

 It would make most sense for this to live in releng's wiki space, I think,
 so filing against releng trac, but a QA person could certainly take care
 of creating the page in theory, I think.

 We should have this in place prior to F17 Alpha TC1.

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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  Reporter:  adamwill  |       Owner:  rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
      Type:  task      |      Status:  new                            
 Milestone:            |   Component:  koji                           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:                                 
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Changes (by adamwill):

 * cc: dennis(a)ausil.us, robatino, nirik (added)

Comment:

 Apologies - the suggestion was from Kevin Fenzi, not Andre.

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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  Reporter:  adamwill  |       Owner:  rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
      Type:  task      |      Status:  new                            
 Milestone:            |   Component:  koji                           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:                                 
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Changes (by ausil):

 * cc: dennis(a)ausil.us (removed)
 * cc: ausil (added)

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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  Reporter:  adamwill  |       Owner:  rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
      Type:  task      |      Status:  new                            
 Milestone:            |   Component:  koji                           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:                                 
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Changes (by jdulaney):

 * cc: jdulaeny (added)

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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  Reporter:  adamwill  |       Owner:  rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
      Type:  task      |      Status:  new                            
 Milestone:            |   Component:  koji                           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:                                 
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Changes (by jdulaney):

 * cc: jdulaeny (removed)
 * cc: jdulaney (added)

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#4986: Create a 'Deliverables' page / SOP listing exactly what images, torrent
files, signatures, checksums etc should be provided with (pre)-releases
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  Reporter:  adamwill  |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task      |     Status:  new
 Milestone:            |  Component:  other
Resolution:            |   Keywords:
Blocked By:            |   Blocking:
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Changes (by till):

 * component:  koji => other


Comment:

 this does not seem to be a koji-related ticket

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