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Subject:    Re: [ALL] links to KEYS file in VOTE threads and download pages
From:       sebb <sebbaz () gmail ! com>
Date:       2022-07-17 23:34:24
Message-ID: CAOGo0VZ_wkbjm92W0=xOKD=_BL52OQvCqcb=2t0HcQVfXWBktg () mail ! gmail ! com
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Please note, this still applies, but several podlings don't seem to
have got the message.

Thanks!

On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 11:03, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is vital that the KEYS file is only referred to using a URL of the form
>
> https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/<podling>/KEYS [1]
>
> This applies to VOTE emails as well as download pages.
>
> Why is this?
>
> KEYS files must remain available long for as long as a release is
> still available from the ASF archives.
>
> It is also important for the files used in a VOTE to correspond as far
> as possible with the ones that will be used by downloaders.
> (Obviously, that is not possible for the artifacts themselves as they
> cannot be published until after the vote). Furthermore, it is
> important that the KEYS file remain available after the vote has
> completed, in case there is a need to check any aspects of the vote.
>
> ==
>
> If your podling uses a template to create the vote email, please check
> that it uses the correct URL for the KEYS file, and fix it if not.
> Also check any developer docs to ensure the correct URL is used.
>
> Note: for a podling's first release, it is possible that the relevant
> directory under https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/
> has yet to be created. This will need to be created, and the KEYS file
> populated, *before* the vote can begin. [It will be needed anyway once
> the vote succeeds]
>
> Thanks,
> Sebb
> [1] Some older pages may use
> https://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/<podling>/KEYS
> This now redirects to https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/<podling>/KEYS

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