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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Document how we do embargoed releases - improving mail template
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:50:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <robbat2-20210420T193302-520335089Z@orbis-terrarum.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <565d7982d870fb1b7644a9777aef6be7ee174dba.1617025385.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:43:04PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> Whenever we fix critical vulnerabilities, we follow some sort of
> protocol (e.g. setting a coordinated release date, keeping the fix under
> embargo until that time, coordinating with packagers and/or hosting
> sites, etc).
> 
> Similar in spirit to `Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt`, let's
> formalize the details in a document.
...
> +Notifying the Linux distributions
> +---------------------------------
As one of the Gentoo maintainer for Git, I was wondering if the
embargoed-releases process could be tweaked slightly.

Specifically, in the embargo email, could you please publishing the
exact size & digests of the to-be-released tarballs, esp. the htmldocs &
manpages tarballs.

Gentoo, as a source-based distribution, intends users to download the
upstream tarballs (we mirror them as well), and verify the digests of
the tarballs vs a signed copy of what the digests should be.

This has meant some delay at the end of embargoed releases because we
have to wait for the official files to be available, then update the
build instructions (specifically "Manifest" which contains the matching
digests), and get that out to users.

Fields in of the Gentoo side of the digests:
name, size, digests w/ prefix.

Example:
DIST git-2.31.1.tar.xz 6413368 BLAKE2B ...  SHA512 ...
DIST git-htmldocs-2.31.1.tar.xz 1357592 BLAKE2B ...  SHA512 ...
DIST git-manpages-2.31.1.tar.xz 487784 BLAKE2B ...  SHA512 ...

The minimum set of hash algorithms for this Gentoo code right now is
BLAKE2B, which should be easy to script into the announcement mail via:
openssl dgst -blake2b512 "$FILENAME"

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
E-Mail   : robbat2@gentoo.org
GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-20 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-26 22:12 [PATCH 0/2] Describe Git's security policy Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-03-26 22:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] SECURITY: describe how to report vulnerabilities Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-03-27  0:00   ` Denton Liu
2021-03-29 13:37     ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-03-27  6:34   ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-03-29 13:41     ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-03-26 22:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] Document how we do embargoed releases Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-03-29 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Describe Git's security policy Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-03-29 13:43   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] SECURITY: describe how to report vulnerabilities Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-03-29 13:43   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Document how we do embargoed releases Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-04-20 19:50     ` Robin H. Johnson [this message]
2021-04-20 21:51       ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Document how we do embargoed releases - improving mail template Junio C Hamano
2021-04-20 22:45         ` Robin H. Johnson
2021-04-20 23:34           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-20 23:31         ` Junio C Hamano

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