RFE: please start making github releases

[kloczek]

Is it possible next time on release new version make the github release to have entry on https://github.com/esnet/iperf/releases? 🤔

I'm asking because only on make gh release is spread notification about new release to those who have set watch->releases.

More about gh releases is possible to find on
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository

[swlars]

We're currently not looking into this.

When we previously looked into it, Github releases regenerated the tarballs and the checksum was not guaranteed to match. Since we value verification and authentication, it didn't seem like a good solution.

[kloczek]

This RFE has nothing to do with any tar balls.
It is 100% about ONLY spreading info about new version over gh release entry.

[swlars]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention! We're currently looking into this.

[kloczek]

Thank you very much 👍 😄

Few links which I've collected rising this kind of RFEs recently which may help you.

Description about how to add create gh release using gh worflows/actions jbms/sphinx-immaterial#281 (comment)
Other documentation:
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-release
https://pgjones.dev/blog/trusted-plublishing-2023/

[userdocs]

We're currently not looking into this.

When we previously looked into it, Github releases regenerated the tarballs and the checksum was not guaranteed to match. Since we value verification and authentication, it didn't seem like a good solution.

This sounds like someone was checksumming a file then uploading it as artefact. This is not what you do with releases.

https://github.com/userdocs/iperf3-static/releases/tag/3.15

Just use gh cli

https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_upload

There is nothing complicated about releasing iperf3 binaries via github releases.

[swlars]

We already started using github releases, starting with our last release and including the new release today, but thank you for your help. We definitely appreciate the original poster bringing it to our attention.