Comment 7 for bug 1750625

I guess that's good to know that it does not really work without a release file now anyway, it is a good argument for removing support for such repos completely. I made a plan a year or two ago, but have not acted on it yet :/

Please add a Release file. It gives you download progress, hash checks, and avoids all kinds of tries for files that don't exist. Then sign it so apt can verify it fetched it correctly, which is beneficial even in a trusted environment.