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<li class="L1"><a href="#index1h1">Releases</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index3h1">Infrastructure</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index4h1">Funding</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index5h1">Outreach</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index6h1">On-going discussions</a>
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<h1><a name="index1h1"></a>Releases</h1>
<p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/version_2.11/index.en.html">Tails 2.11 was released on March 7</a> (minor release).</p>
<p>Tails 2.12 is <a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/">scheduled for April 18</a>.</p>
<p>The following changes were introduced in Tails 2.11:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>If running on a 32-bit processor, notify the user that it won't
be able to start Tails 3.0 anymore. (<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/12193">#12193</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Notify I2P users that I2P will be removed in Tails
2.12. (<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/12271">#12271</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix CVE-2017-6074 (local root privilege escalation) by disabling
the <code>dccp</code> module. (<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/12280">#12280</a>) Also disable kernel
modules for some other uncommon network protocols. (Part of
<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6457">#6457</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Tor Browser: Don't show offline warning when opening the local
documentation of Tails. (<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/12269">#12269</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix rare issue causing automatic upgrades to not apply properly
(<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/8449">#8449</a> and <a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11839">#11839</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Install Linux 4.8.15 to prevent GNOME from freezing with Intel
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics. (<a href="https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/12217">#12217</a>)</p></li>
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<h1><a name="index2h1"></a>Code</h1>
<h2><a name="index1h2"></a>I2P to be removed</h2>
<p>We are very sad to announce that Tails 2.11 will be the last version
to include <a href="https://geti2p.net/">I2P</a>, an alternative anonymizing
network. But we will be happy to reintroduce I2P if we find
a volunteer to take care of maintaining it in Tails. If you are
a developer and care about I2P in Tails, that person could be you!
Come <a href="https://tails.boum.org/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-dev">talk to us</a>!</p>
<h2><a name="index2h2"></a>Reproducible builds</h2>
<p>We had a very productive 3-days sprint. After many iterations we have
finally seen an ISO image build reproducibly on several machines!
This implied fixing a number of things, and submitting a number of
patches upstream.</p>
<p>The build environment variations we've tested include: build system
clock (last month, next month; could not test next year yet), number
of CPU cores, CPU brand and model, building in Vagrant or not.</p>
<p>For details, see the
<a href="https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2017-March/011297.html">full report</a>
that was written after the sprint.</p>
<h2><a name="index3h2"></a>Porting Tails to Debian 9 (Stretch)</h2>
<p>A bunch of Tails developers and technical writers had a very
productive sprint. The remaining work now feels tractable: aside of
the documentation update, only a few major regressions and adjustments
remain to be dealt with.</p>
<p>So, we are increasingly confident that we can make Tails 3.0 a solid
release, published according to schedule on June 13… but possibly
a little bit earlier or later, if it allows us to release at the same
time as Debian 9 (Stretch).</p>
<p>Two beta releases for Tails 3.0 were published
(<a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/test_3.0-beta2/index.en.html">3.0~beta2</a> on March 8,
<a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/test_3.0-beta3/index.en.html">3.0~beta3</a> on March 19). They introduce the
following changes:</p>
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<li><p>Upgrade Linux to 4.9.0-2 (version 4.9.13-1).</p></li>
<li><p>Make it possible to start graphical applications in the <em>Root Terminal</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>Improve styling of the <em>GNOME Shell</em> window list.</p></li>
<li><p>Tails Greeter:</p>
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<li>Make the "Formats" settings in Tails Greeter take effect (it was
introduced in Tails 3.0~alpha1 but has been broken since then).</li>
<li>Add keyboard shortcuts:
<ul>
<li>Alt key for accelerators in the main window</li>
<li>Ctrl+Shift+A for setting an administrator password</li>
<li>Ctrl+Shift+M for MAC spoofing settings</li>
<li>Ctrl+Shift+N for Tor network settings</li>
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<li><p>Remove I2P.</p></li>
<li><p>Reintroduce the X11 guest utilities for VirtualBox (clipboard
sharing and shared folders should work again).</p></li>
<li><p>Upgrade X.Org server and the modesetting driver in hope it will fix
crashes when using some Intel graphics cards.</p></li>
<li><p>Automate the migration from KeePassX databases generated on
Tails 2.x to the format required by KeePassX 2.0.x.</p></li>
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<h1><a name="index3h1"></a>Infrastructure</h1>
<p>We upgraded some of our systems to Debian 9 (Stretch), in order to
help identify remaining issues before it becomes the new Debian
stable release.</p>
<p>All major browsers will now refuse to connect to our website, and to
any web service we host in the <code>tails.boum.org</code> namespace, unless
HTTPS is used with a valid certificate: they are now on the Google
Chrome 57 <em>HSTS preload</em> list, and all other major browsers build
their own list from this one.</p>
<p>We started researching our options for upgrading our server hardware.</p>
<p>We made some progress on deploying a web platform for translations
and an internal XMPP server.</p>
<p>We started a process to hire a new system administrator.</p>
<h1><a name="index4h1"></a>Funding</h1>
<p>We've sent a proposal to OTF, that covers:</p>
<ul>
<li>adding TrueCrypt support in GNOME;</li>
<li>adding a graphical interface for the Additional Packages
persistent feature;</li>
<li>a small fraction of our day-to-day operations budget.</li>
</ul>
<p>Our budget until the end of March, 2018 was approved by the Tails
core contributors.</p>
<h1><a name="index5h1"></a>Outreach</h1>
<h2><a name="index4h2"></a>Past events</h2>
<ul>
<li>On March 1st, Austin English presented <a href="https://www.meetup.com/linuxaustin/events/233035224/">Tails at the Austin (Texas) Linux Meetup</a>.</li>
<li>Four of us attended the Tor developers meeting in Amsterdam. It was great!
See the <a href="https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2017-March/000763.html">first report</a>
about it.</li>
<li>Two of us gave a training about Tails and digital security at
<a href="https://www.mediapart.fr/">Mediapart</a>. Apparently, everything went
fine: attendees where mostly interested and happy with it, and asked
a lot of questions, ranging from "How can I manage my passwords" to
"How much does it cost to compromise my laptop?".</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="index5h2"></a>Upcoming events</h2>
<ul>
<li>intrigeri will be giving a keynote at
<a href="https://cryptorave.org/">CryptoRave</a> (São Paulo, May 5-6).</li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index6h1"></a>On-going discussions</h1>
<p>We had a contributors meeting on March 3 (<a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/meetings/201703/">minutes</a>).</p>
<h1><a name="index7h1"></a>Translation</h1>
<h2><a name="index6h2"></a>All the website</h2>
<ul>
<li>de: 56% (3189) strings translated, 5% strings fuzzy, 50% words translated</li>
<li>fa: 40% (2265) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy, 44% words translated</li>
<li>fr: 82% (4670) strings translated, 1% strings fuzzy, 81% words translated</li>
<li>it: 28% (1598) strings translated, 3% strings fuzzy, 25% words translated</li>
<li>pt: 27% (1549) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy, 25% words translated</li>
</ul>
<p>Total original words: 58396</p>
<h2><a name="index7h2"></a><a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/l10n_tricks/core_po_files.txt">Core pages of the website</a></h2>
<ul>
<li>de: 82% (1538) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy, 83% words translated</li>
<li>fa: 38% (708) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy, 39% words translated</li>
<li>fr: 99% (1845) strings translated, 0% strings fuzzy, 99% words translated</li>
<li>it: 79% (1486) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy, 79% words translated</li>
<li>pt: 49% (922) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy, 50% words translated</li>
</ul>
<p>Total original words: 17057</p>
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