January 2020 - tor-packagers - lists.torproject.org

New stable Tor releases: 0.4.1.8 and 0.4.2.6
by Nick Mathewson 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Hello! I've just tagged, signed, and uploaded two new stable releases: Tor 0.4.1.8 and Tor 0.4.2.6. They are available at https://dist.torproject.org/ . Please be sure to check the signatures! These releases backport bugfixes from later releases; they should be mainly of interest to users who are using the Linux seccomp2 sandbox, or who are running Windows Services (formerly NT services). These users will probably have been experiencing crashes on startup. Other users should be fine with the previous stable releases in these series. You can read the changelogs here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=tor-0.4.1.8 https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=tor-0.4.2.6 Please also note that the Tor 0.2.9.x series reached end-of-life on 1 January of this year, and Tor 0.4.0.x is about to be end-of-life (in 3 days from today). The supported stable series are now 0.3.5.x (LTS), 0.4.1.x, and 0.4.2.x. For updates on how long they will be supported, please see https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTor… . I'll post official announcements in a couple of hours. Many thanks, and happy hacking! -- Nick

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Proposal: Removal of unmaintained service files
by teor 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

Dear Tor Packagers, The tor developers are considering removing the following unmaintained files: contrib/dist * rc.subr - script * tor.service.in - systemd service ini file Do any of your distribution packages use these files? If you only use one of them, please let us know which one. We're aware that these files don't work for some users. But we don't know which changes we should be making to these files, so they work for most users. Please open tickets to upstream any changes that you've made for your distribution: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor If there are multiple conflicting changes, we'll consult this list to work out which changes to apply upstream. For context, see: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30797 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31576 T -- teor ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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New alpha release: Tor 0.4.3.1-alpha
by Nick Mathewson 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Hi! There's a new alpha release (0.4.3.1-alpha) for download at the usual place at https://dist.torproject.org/ . Please remember to check the signature! I'll be sending out an official announcement later tonight. If this alpha doesn't turn up any big bugs, we'll be putting out a stable 0.4.2.x and 0.4.1.x updates some time next week. You can read the changelog at https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=tor-0.4.3.1-alpha best wishes, -- Nick

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