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remove note about RC1 and the like, we handle them now...

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John-Mark Gurney 5 years ago
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@@ -41,19 +41,17 @@ most snapshots from 2015 and before. The tool could be updated to include
SHA256, but not a priority currently, and most/all are not available for
download.

NOTE: Not all of the snapshots are in the database. Some snapshot names,
like 11.0-RC1, don't contain all the info others do, and are not
included. In the future, hopefully this will be fixed.

backend
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The backend is just a simple text file the indexes all the published
The backend is just a simple text file which indexes all the published
snapshots. It is built from the emails to the freebsd-snapshot
list. After verification of the email's signature, the SHA512 entry
lines are extracted, the file name is parsed, and added to the complete
index. The message-id of the email is in the index so that the frontend
can d/l the original email, verify the GPG signature locally. The
can d/l the original email and verify the GPG signature locally. The
complete index is used for verifying a snapshot that has already been
downloaded. Another index is also maintained which only contains the
currently available to d/l snapshots.
currently available to d/l snapshots. This may contain snapshots that
no longer exist, as it is only updated/checked when a new snapshot is
released.

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