And another update...

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 05:23:41PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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>On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 05:01:07PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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>>I'll take a look at that shortly. Working on the core jigdo tool first.
>
>I have new versions of jigdo and jigit just about ready to go. I've
>defined a new format v2 for jigdo, which uses SHA256 instead of MD%
>throughout. The tools to produce jigdo files will now allow the user
>to choose which format to create (defaulting to v1 *for now*), while
>the client tools will auto-detect and work with either format.
>
>I'm working on a website for the new jigdo binaries, ready with
>Windows builds of the tools as well. Richard (original author of
>jigdo) is happy with what I've done and will redirect users to my new
>stuff.
>
>I'm going to get that finished, then start publicising the new tools
>and the version switch. After a reasonable period I'll switch our
>production code to format v2.

 * I've released and uploaded jigdo 0.8.0 with support for format v2
   (mainly for end user clients). I'll upload backports of this as
   soon as possible, so I can get more people using it on (old)stable
   too. I've prepped and published the new website, complete with a
   set of Windows binaries for people to use.

 * I've released and uploaded jigit 1.22 (including libjte 2) with
   support for format v2. I've pushed a patch at Thomas so the next
   xorriso release should get this support.

 * I've just uploaded all the changes needed for debian-cd to use the
   new xorriso version and generate jigdo v2 format. It's still set to
   do v1 by default until we decide to switch

I'll want to do a quick audit of the backend bits and pieces in the
cdimage production and publishing next, but that's not urgent yet
until...

I'm going to make a big song and dance about these changes and the new
software releases on my blog, and on the CD areas of the Debian
website. We need to get users in the field updated so we can switch to
the new format. I *want* to give people plenty of warning before we
switch, starting with testing/bullseye images.

/me heads off for an evening of game playing... :-)

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                st...@einval.com
"I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of
 course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds

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