March 2014 - tor-qa - lists.torproject.org

Pre-build announcement for 3.6-beta-1
by Mike Perry 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

As we discussed at the dev meeting, we're going to try doing pre-build announcements of releases, to give people time to be aware that we will need some testing help soon, and so that interested people can try building a given tag early, to verify reproducibility. Tag tbb-3.6beta1-build1 (fb9453c51306ad39d261617e2cb3ba8e18368574) was just pushed to https://git.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git. It should once again be possible to build from non-KVM/VT machines that only support LXC (by setting the USE_LXC=1 environment variable before build). 'make beta' is the command you want to build this tag, run from the gitian subdirectory in a tor-browser-bundle.git checkout. Once we get confirmation on reproducibility (earlier commits were fine, so we should be good), we'll begin testing. Probably Monday/Tuesday. Here's the Changelog (changes from 3.5.2.1): Tor Browser Bundle 3.6-beta-1 * All Platforms * Include Pluggable Transports by default: * Obfsproxy3 0.2.4, Flashproxy 1.6, and FTE 0.2.6 are now included * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.5.0 * Bug 10418: Provide UI configuration for Pluggable Transports * Bug 10604: Allow Tor status & error messages to be translated * Bug 10894: Make bridge UI clear that helpdesk is a last resort for bridges * Bug 10610: Clarify wizard UI text describing obstacles/blocking * Bug 11074: Support Tails use case (XULRunner and optional customizations) * Update Torbutton to 1.6.7.0: * Bug 9901: Fix browser freeze due to content type sniffing * Bug 10611: Add Swedish (sv) to extra locales to update * Update NoScript to 2.6.8.17 * Update Tor to 0.2.4.21 * Backport Pending Tor Patches: * Bug 5018: Don't launch Pluggable Transport helpers if not in use * Bug 11069: Detect and report Pluggable Transport bootstrap failures * Bug 10237: Disable the media cache to prevent disk leaks for videos * Bug 10703: Force the default charset to avoid locale fingerprinting * Bug 10104: Update gitian to fix LXC build issues (for non-KVM/VT builders) * Mac: * Bug 4271: Use DMG instead of ZIP for Mac packages * Linux: * Bug 9533: Fix keyboard input on Ubuntu 13.10 * Bug 9896: Provide debug symbols for Tor Browser binary * Bug 10472: Pass arguments to the browser from Linux startup script -- Mike Perry

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3.5.3 ready for testing
by Mike Perry 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Because of the Firefox 24.4.0 release, we are also trying to get 3.5.3 out the door, shortly after the 3.6-beta. Builds are available here: https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/builds/3.5.3/ Here's the changelog: Tor Browser Bundle 3.5.3 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 24.4.0esr * Update Torbutton to 1.6.7.0: * Bug 9901: Fix browser freeze due to content type sniffing * Bug 10611: Add Swedish (sv) to extra locales to update * Update NoScript to 2.6.8.17 * Update Tor to 0.2.4.21 * Bug 10237: Disable the media cache to prevent disk leaks for videos * Bug 10703: Force the default charset to avoid locale fingerprinting * Bug 10104: Update gitian to fix LXC build issues (for non-KVM/VT * builders) * Linux: * Bug 9533: Fix keyboard input on Ubuntu 13.10 * Bug 9896: Provide debug symbols for Tor Browser binary * Bug 10472: Pass arguments to the browser from Linux startup script -- Mike Perry

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Reminder about html5demos.com
by Colin C. 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Just a friendly reminder, html5demos.com is no longer functional and reports incorrect information. Please use one of the other websocket tests listed at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/build/BuildSignoff. Thanks! -- -Phoul

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Pre-build announcement #2 for 3.6-beta-1
by Mike Perry 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Ok, Firefox 24.4.0esr was just tagged, so we're going to do another build based on that. Tag tbb-3.6beta1-build2 (e8b437c91d9a41b7c0517c6239edc7c947451dfc) was just pushed to https://git.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git. It should once again be possible to build from non-KVM/VT machines that only support LXC (by setting the USE_LXC=1 environment variable before build). 'make beta' is the command you want to build this tag, run from the gitian subdirectory in a tor-browser-bundle.git checkout on an Ubuntu machine. Further build instructions are at: https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git/blob/HEAD:/gi… Once we get confirmation on reproducibility (earlier commits were fine, so we should be good), we'll begin testing. Here's the new changelog: Tor Browser Bundle 3.6-beta-1 * All Platforms * Update Firefox to 24.4.0esr * Include Pluggable Transports by default: * Obfsproxy3 0.2.4, Flashproxy 1.6, and FTE 0.2.6 are now included * Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.5.1 * Bug 10418: Provide UI configuration for Pluggable Transports * Bug 10604: Allow Tor status & error messages to be translated * Bug 10894: Make bridge UI clear that helpdesk is a last resort for bridges * Bug 10610: Clarify wizard UI text describing obstacles/blocking * Bug 11074: Support Tails use case (XULRunner and optional customizations) * Update Torbutton to 1.6.7.0: * Bug 9901: Fix browser freeze due to content type sniffing * Bug 10611: Add Swedish (sv) to extra locales to update * Update NoScript to 2.6.8.17 * Update Tor to 0.2.4.21 * Backport Pending Tor Patches: * Bug 5018: Don't launch Pluggable Transport helpers if not in use * Bug 9229: Eliminate 60 second stall during bootstrap with some PTs * Bug 11069: Detect and report Pluggable Transport bootstrap failures * Bug 11156: Prevent spurious warning about missing pluggable transports * Bug 10237: Disable the media cache to prevent disk leaks for videos * Bug 10703: Force the default charset to avoid locale fingerprinting * Bug 10104: Update gitian to fix LXC build issues (for non-KVM/VT builders) * Mac: * Bug 4271: Use DMG instead of ZIP for Mac packages * Linux: * Bug 9533: Fix keyboard input on Ubuntu 13.10 * Bug 9896: Provide debug symbols for Tor Browser binary * Bug 10472: Pass arguments to the browser from Linux startup script -- Mike Perry

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Re: [tor-qa] Pre-build announcement for 3.6-beta-1
by Matt 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:34:44 +0000 Georg Koppen <gk(a)torproject.org> wrote: > Mike Perry: > > Once we get confirmation on reproducibility (earlier commits were > > fine, so we should be good), we'll begin testing. Probably > > Monday/Tuesday. > > I got matching builds with the bundles you find on: > > https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/builds/3.6-beta-1/ > > Thus, happy testing! > > Georg > If tor fails, an error message says "Tor unexpectedly exited" and the browser stays open. You can tell the browser to visit new pages, but you get a proxy error page. In previous versions, if Tor fails, the browser closes, and you can't do browser stuff anymore. I'm not sure if this change is good or bad.

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