| @@ -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 | SHA256, but not a priority currently, and most/all are not available for | ||||
| download. | 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 | backend | ||||
| ------- | ------- | ||||
| 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 | snapshots. It is built from the emails to the freebsd-snapshot | ||||
| list. After verification of the email's signature, the SHA512 entry | list. After verification of the email's signature, the SHA512 entry | ||||
| lines are extracted, the file name is parsed, and added to the complete | 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 | 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 | complete index is used for verifying a snapshot that has already been | ||||
| downloaded. Another index is also maintained which only contains the | 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. | |||||