[tor-bugs] #2285 [Tor Check]: check.tpo should list current versions of Tor Project software

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#2285: check.tpo should list current versions of Tor Project software
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 Reporter:  rransom    |          Owner:  phobos                       
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  assigned                     
 Priority:  major      |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.2.x-stable
Component:  Tor Check  |        Version:                               
 Keywords:  Bounty     |         Parent:                               
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                               
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * cc: Sebastian (added)


Comment:

 Ok, I simplified this a bit more and implemented #3337 in origin/master of
 Torbutton.

 Torbutton fetches the url
 https://check.torproject.org/RecommendedTBBVersions at TBB startup. It
 expects that file to be a JSON list of TBB versions. See
 http://fscked.org/transient/torbutton/versions for an example. That file
 does not have to be served by the web service, it can just exist on disk
 and get updated via cron or something.

 If the TBB version is in that list, torbutton will fetch:
 https://check.torproject.org/?lang=LANG&small=1&uptodate=1

 If the TBB version is not in that list, torbutton will fetch:
 https://check.torproject.org/?lang=LANG&small=1&uptodate=0

 The service should display the uptodate=0 version of the page if small=1
 is present, but the uptodate parameter is missing, to encourage super-
 retro TBB users to upgrade.

 The uptodate=0 version of the page should be visually different (yellow
 text?) from the uptodate=1 version. It should contain a link to the proper
 localized version of
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en.

 Note the fun juggling we will have to do with converting the TBB locale
 string into the website locale string for the link to the torbrowser page.
 Perhaps splitting off the country code is enough in all cases, but who
 knows.

 Also, perhaps we should keep the message as simple as possible so we can
 populate the translations with google translate? Or is that just too
 crazy?

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