# Md5sums/sha1sums for ftp sources

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5sums-sha1sums-for-ftp-sources/146614>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5sums-sha1sums-for-ftp-sources/146614 "2008-08-23T00:58:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5sums-sha1sums-for-ftp-sources/146614/1 "2008-08-23T00:58:20Z")

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It seems as if there is an md5sum file to list the files in  
ftp://ruby-lang.doc/doc but not for the ruby sources for the stable  
and 1.9. How come? As far as the 1.9 series is concerned, are the even  
numbers stable or are they gradual improvements?

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**Author:** ![john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john\_maclean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_maclean)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5sums-sha1sums-for-ftp-sources/146614/2 "2008-08-23T14:49:29Z")

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On 23/08/2008, john maclean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> It seems as if there is an md5sum file to list the files in  
> ftp://ruby-lang.doc/doc but not for the ruby sources for the stable  
> and 1.9. How come? As far as the 1.9 series is concerned, are the even  
> numbers stable or are they gradual improvements?

The md5sums are on [Download Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) for the link  
posted there (I would say current release but as it often happens the  
page is one release back), and in ruby-talk release announcements for  
other versions. I also find this state suboptimal but nobody  
volunteered to write an up-to-date list of release tarballs so that’s  
how things are.

As for 1.9 it is not going to be stable at least until it is released  
as 2.0. Although there are less visible changes now it is a  
development version of Ruby and incompatible changes can still happen.  
There are still ongoing discussions about features that are wanted in  
the 2.0 release and the best ways to implement them, or at least there  
were recent overflows of these discussions into lists I receive.

Thanks

Michal