nextcloud / nextcloud/talk-desktop

Adding checksums to the releases

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
525
Forks
85
Avg merge
8h 5m
Merged PRs (30d)
35

Description

Currently the releases are provided as archives without corresponding checksums.
It would be useful if some kind of checksum was provided. This would allow automated deployment scripts to check the downloaded file before use .

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing how this JavaScript/Electron project packages and publishes release archives, then determine where checksum artifacts should be generated and exposed; done means each release archive has a usable checksum for automated verification.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
electron, javascript
Domain
release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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