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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So does this mean any version of tor is safe to use as long as it is not considered “obsolete”? Thanks.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:teor@riseup.net">teor</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:04 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] Tor Relay Software Warns When Current RunningVersion Of Tor Is No Longer Recommended, But Not When A Newer Version IsAvailable?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 20 Sep 2018, at 07:02, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A few days ago, I upgraded my version of tor from 0.3.3.9 to tor 0.3.4.8. I noticed, however, that tor does not tell me when a new version is available. But in the past when I was a few versions behind, it popped up with a message saying “WARNING: this version of tor is out of date or no longer recommended.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, I am just wondering, why is it that the tor software warns when the current version is “no longer recommended” but does not warn when an update is available?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tor only warns about obsolete versions.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It doesn't warn when there is a new release or "new in series" version available.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Definitions here:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53">https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/version-spec.txt#n53</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>T<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>