dev-release: Include WAR file hash values in announcement mail
Following a request in the 2.11.1 announcement mail thread [1], I
started adding hash values in the mails. Initially only SHA1 and MD5,
and then later also SHA256.
Document this in the release steps.
[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/repo-discuss/HvsppnIzg8A/7wLLdEdSE8AJ
Change-Id: Ibd0906621dcdcea205833c49b0b3d1fb81331c72
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-release.txt b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
index 329deb1..c08b955 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-release.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-release.txt
@@ -392,6 +392,12 @@
** A link to the release and the release notes (if a final release)
** A link to the docs
** Describe the type of release (stable, bug fix, RC)
+** Hash values (SHA1, SHA256, MD5) for the release WAR file.
++
+The SHA1 and MD5 can be taken from the artifact page on Sonatype. The
+SHA256 can be generated with
+`openssl sha -sha256 buck-out/gen/release/release.war` or an equivalent
+command.
* Update the new discussion group announcement to be sticky
** Go to: http://groups.google.com/group/repo-discuss/topics
