Hi!
This July was one of the few months without any Tor Browser release. We therefore spent all our efforts into fixing bugs in our first desktop alpha based on Firefox 60 ESR and getting it towards a stable shape. Additionally, we focused on preparing our first alpha for Tor Browser on Mobile.
For the desktop we continued with our feature[1] and network code[2] review of the changes introduced with the switch to Firefox 60 ESR. Moreover, we focused on getting the onboarding designed and implemented together with our new about:tor page[3] and updated icons[4]. We are excited to test those improvements in the upcoming alpha and adjust them according to user feedback!
On Mobile we mostly dealt with our blockers for the upcoming alpha release: rebasing patches[5], possible proxy bypass bugs[6], and user onboarding[7]. We finished the first item and made significant progress on the latter two which makes us optimistic that we get out the first alpha this month, finally.
The full list of tickets closed by the Tor Browser team in July is accessible using the `TorBrowserTeam201807` keyword in our bug tracker.[8]
For August, as indicated above, we plan to get new alpha releases out, both for mobile and desktop. This will likely happen in the week of August 13. Preparations for that will occupy our focus for the coming two weeks. Thereafter we plan to deal with the fallout while still focusing on the remaining review work for Tor Browser desktop and integrating the mobile Tor Browser build into our reproducible builds environment.[9]
All tickets on our radar for this month can be seen with the `TorBrowserTeam201808` keyword in our bug tracker.[10]
Georg
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22074 [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22176 [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25695 [4] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26655 [5] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26401 [6] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21863 [7] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25696 [8] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=closed&keywords=~T... [9] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26693 [10] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=as...