[tor-bugs] #3537 [Website]: Polipo instructions got removed from the website

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#3537: Polipo instructions got removed from the website
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 Reporter:  Sebastian  |          Owner:  phobos
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:        
Component:  Website    |        Version:        
 Keywords:             |         Parent:        
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:        
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Changes (by aagbsn):

 * cc: aagbsn@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 phobos]:
 > Replying to [ticket:3537 Sebastian]:
 > > This means that now *BSD users don't get the configuration information
 (we don't offer TBBs for them), it means that our Debian package users get
 a proxy installed but will not configure it, etc. Just pretending TBB is
 the answer for everyone doesn't work imo because we don't support TBB for
 everyone, and our packages assume that installing polipo is still
 necessary. I suspect you will have to persuade weasel that the tor debian
 package is not supposed to be used as a client to get the proxy
 recommendation removed.
 >
 > I was unaware we still ship polipo in our bundles, nor have the software
 pointers to it.  Polipo and privoxy are no longer needed, and haven't been
 for ages.  Polipo/Privoxy were needed when Tor's average latency was 10+
 seconds.  Now, with tor's less than 5 second response, on average, even
 firefox 3.6.18 using socks direct to Tor rarely results in a confusing
 'network error'.

 Note that Debian auto-installs recommendations by default and TPI .deb
 packages recommend polipo (as of 7/18/2011). This might be confusing to
 users because polipo is installed if they follow the instructions. Perhaps
 we can remove polipo from the list of recommended packages? Or mention
 "polipo can provide a HTTP proxy; the recommended configuration for use
 with Tor is <link-to-config>"

 >
 > We shouldn't be instructing users to install either package. When I
 installed torbutton 1.3.3-alpha, it did not have "use polipo" checked by
 default.  Now that torbutton 1.4 is released, we really don't need to
 point people at polipo.
 >
 > Feel free to revert my changes.  My end goal is clearly stated at
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2011-June/002780.html

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