Rename `.sig` files to `.asc`: match upstream Go
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Since Jun 4, 2026.
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Description
Upstream Go provides .asc files, serving the same purpose as our .sig files:
https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz
https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz.asc
They are both armored PGP signatures.
If I knew Go provided .asc files, I would have followed the naming, but they aren't advertised on the download page. I found out about them because the official golang Dockerfiles use the .asc files to verify the download.
Changing to .asc would also let us remove some tweaks I made to the golang Dockerfiles that make them use .sig when downloading our builds.
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