Hi, Basically, when do you plan to remove the XUL-based Tor Launcher from the stable Tor Browser series? Background: since Tails likely won't be able to switch to the WebExtension version easily [0], my hope is that you will continue to ship the XUL version throughout the 7.0-series, based on 52esr, and only switch to the WebExtension once Tor Browser is based on 59esr (which I suppose will happen either with 59.0 in March or, or 59.1 in May). I.e. that we in Tails still have plenty time to find a solution [1]. :) Cheers! [0] We run it as a stand-alone XUL application, not a browser extension. [1] FWIW: the solution could be to run a locked down browser dedicated to the Tor Launcher WebExtension *only*. Or switch to Whonix' anon-connection-wizard: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Anon_Connection_Wizard
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Hi,
Basically, when do you plan to remove the XUL-based Tor Launcher from the stable Tor Browser series?
That's not decided yet.
Background: since Tails likely won't be able to switch to the WebExtension version easily [0], my hope is that you will continue to ship the XUL version throughout the 7.0-series, based on 52esr, and only switch to the WebExtension once Tor Browser is based on 59esr (which I suppose will happen either with 59.0 in March or, or 59.1 in May). I.e. that we in Tails still have plenty time to find a solution [1]. :)
It definitely won't happen in the 7.x series (which means not before we switch to a new ESR) Georg
Cheers!
[0] We run it as a stand-alone XUL application, not a browser extension. [1] FWIW: the solution could be to run a locked down browser dedicated to the Tor Launcher WebExtension *only*. Or switch to Whonix' anon-connection-wizard: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Anon_Connection_Wizard _______________________________________________ tbb-dev mailing list tbb-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tbb-dev
Georg Koppen:
anonym:
Background: since Tails likely won't be able to switch to the WebExtension version easily [0], my hope is that you will continue to ship the XUL version throughout the 7.0-series, based on 52esr, and only switch to the WebExtension once Tor Browser is based on 59esr (which I suppose will happen either with 59.0 in March or, or 59.1 in May). I.e. that we in Tails still have plenty time to find a solution [1]. :)
It definitely won't happen in the 7.x series (which means not before we switch to a new ESR)
Thanks! While I'm at it, let me ask a related question that will help me plan some of my Tails work: when do you expect to ship the Sponsor4 UX improvements for Tor Launcher in the stable Tor Browser? Cheers!
anonym:
Georg Koppen:
anonym:
Background: since Tails likely won't be able to switch to the WebExtension version easily [0], my hope is that you will continue to ship the XUL version throughout the 7.0-series, based on 52esr, and only switch to the WebExtension once Tor Browser is based on 59esr (which I suppose will happen either with 59.0 in March or, or 59.1 in May). I.e. that we in Tails still have plenty time to find a solution [1]. :)
It definitely won't happen in the 7.x series (which means not before we switch to a new ESR)
Thanks!
While I'm at it, let me ask a related question that will help me plan some of my Tails work: when do you expect to ship the Sponsor4 UX improvements for Tor Launcher in the stable Tor Browser?
In the next regular stable release which should be 7.5. It's planned for January 23rd 2018. Georg
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