Tom Ritter:
On 27 June 2018 at 12:57, Georg Koppen gk@torproject.org wrote:
The triangle exclamation is still flashing. I realize at this point it's probably the erroneous 'update available' message. I think we should change whatever needs to be changed so that alpha/newer versions don't report they have an 'update' available.
No, it's not saying you have an update available but rather that the version you are using is not recommended (yet). I think the respective text on about:tor might be misleading, though. I am fine modifying the text as needed but why should we not warn users once they run an unrecommended Tor Browser version? What we could do to avoid this problem is maybe for the alpha approving the upcoming release earlier?
Hrm. So flashing because it's not a recommended release makes sense...
I guess my attitude towards Alphas and Nightlies (especially if Alpha has it's own Update Channel) is to make Alpha Tor Browser visually and runtime distinct (different icon, process name, profile dir, etc) from the release channel of TB; like other browsers do. Then you can tell people who aren't on the latest Alpha that their version is incorrect; but the latest Alpha will be correct.
We are telling users who are using the latest alpha that their alpha is correct. But, yes, I agree with the other suggestion. That's #25023.
Georg