commit 12aba3ee3ee049407f6a62c5ef537a5326b39842 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Mon Feb 15 10:46:35 2021 -0500 Release blurb and dedication for 0.4.5.6 --- ChangeLog | 17 ++++++++++++++++- ReleaseNotes | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a234784d85..c91d716c98 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,20 @@ Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 - BLURB + The Tor 0.4.5.x release series is dedicated to the memory of Karsten + Loesing (1979-2020), Tor developer, cypherpunk, husband, and father. + Karsten is best known for creating the Tor metrics portal and leading + the metrics team, but he was involved in Tor from the early days. For + example, while he was still a student he invented and implemented the + v2 onion service directory design, and he also served as an ambassador + to the many German researchers working in the anonymity field. We + loved him and respected him for his patience, his consistency, and his + welcoming approach to growing our community. + + This release series introduces significant improvements in relay IPv6 + address discovery, a new "MetricsPort" mechanism for relay operators + to measure performance, LTTng support, build system improvements to + help when using Tor as a static library, and significant bugfixes + related to Windows relay performance. It also includes numerous + smaller features and bugfixes. Below are the changes since 0.4.4.4-rc. For a complete list of changes since 0.4.4.7, see the ReleaseNotes file. diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index ac1dd796d7..e8e00fb8a1 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -3,7 +3,22 @@ release of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the changes in each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file. Changes in version 0.4.5.6 - 2021-02-15 - BLURB + The Tor 0.4.5.x release series is dedicated to the memory of Karsten + Loesing (1979-2020), Tor developer, cypherpunk, husband, and + father. Karsten is best known for creating the Tor metrics portal and + leading the metrics team, but he was involved in Tor from the early + days. For example, while he was still a student he invented and implemented + the v2 onion service directory design, and he also served as an ambassador + to the many German researchers working in the anonymity field. We loved him + and respected him for his patience, his consistency, and his welcoming + approach to growing our community. + + This release series introduces significant improvements in relay IPv6 + address discovery, a new "MetricsPort" mechanism for relay operators to + measure performance, LTTng support, build system improvements to help when + using Tor as a static library, and significant bugfixes related to + Windows relay performance. It also includes numerous smaller features and + bugfixes. Below are the changes since 0.4.4.7. For a list only of the changes since 0.4.5.5-rc, see the ChangeLog file.