Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Miscellaneous/Checksums of files at dumps.wikimedia.org

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Checksums of files at dumps.wikimedia.org

Problem: Some files on dumps.wikimedia.org do not have checksums.
Proposed solution: Add checksums to the dumps to verify data integrity.
Who would benefit:
More comments: As an example, in this directory tree there are no checksums:
- https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageviews/
- https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageview_complete/
Phabricator tickets: T331761
Proposer: Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 17:59, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: @Dušan Kreheľ: have you seen the checksums at {dump url}-md5sums.txt (linked to at each dump page, e.g. https://dumps.wikimedia.org/wikidatawiki/20230201/)? — TheresNoTime-WMF (talk • they/them) 14:07, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@TheresNoTime-WMF: In this directory tree are none:
- https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageviews/
- https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageview_complete/.
Dušan Kreheľ (talk) 14:17, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Dušan Kreheľ: Ah yes, thank you for clarifying — TheresNoTime-WMF (talk • they/them) 14:19, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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