apache / apache/maven-artifact-plugin

[MARTIFACT-1] Add goal to verify checksums

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**[Robert Scholte](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rfscholte)** opened **[MARTIFACT-1](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MARTIFACT-1?redirect=false)** and commented

With every release we provide a sha512, but it is quite hard to verify this.
What I do is compare the provided checksum and calculated checksum by eye.
It would be better if there's a goal that calculates the checksum and verifies it with a provided value.
e.g `artifact:checksum -Dsha512=1a2b3c4d5e6f7890...`

This will be for the main artifact.

However, we need to verify a specific file with classifier and extension, i.e. source-release.zip
So probably we need to do something like `artifact:checksum -Dsha512[source-release:zip]=1a2b3c4d5e6f7890...`

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Start by locating the plugin goal that would implement `artifact:checksum` and review how the main artifact, classifier, and extension are represented. Done means the goal calculates a checksum and verifies a supplied SHA-512 value for both the main artifact and a specific file such as `source-release.zip`.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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