apache / apache/www-site

Issue with verification doc

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Description

https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html says:

"Signatures and checksums are only available from the official Apache Software Foundation site."

I think that is no longer true, as they are also available from the CDN.
Whilst that is an official site, it cannot also be 'the site'.
Also other documentation says to only download these from apache.org/dist => downloads.apache.org.

The page is also not clear on what users are supposed to do to check a download. I think it should say that at least one of the methods should be used, ideally using the sig, but failing that please at least check the hash.

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Research direction

Start with the verification page at https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html and locate its source in the www-site repository; no source file is named in the issue. Done means the page accurately describes official signature and checksum locations and clearly explains that users should verify with a signature when possible, or at least with a hash.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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