AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV
Support for signed source releases
- Dominant language
- C++
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- Avg merge
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Description
Several ASWF projects have implemented signed source releases. For instance in OpenEXR:
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/main/.github/workflows/release-sign.yml
This has a few advantages:
- immutable source release, even if the release tag gets modified after the fact
- visible SHA-256 checksum for the tarball
- ability to programmatically verify authenticity of the tarball
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent the automatically generated links for unsigned .tar.gz and .zip archives from showing up.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing OpenEXR’s .github/workflows/release-sign.yml, then inspect OpenRV’s existing release workflow and GitHub’s generated source archive behavior. Determine how signed archives and SHA-256 checksums can be published while addressing the automatically generated unsigned links; done means the release process documents and produces verifiable signed source artifacts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100