[tor-bugs] #31982 [Applications/GetTor]: Make sure GetTor info pages and repositories are self-consistent and clear (was: Problems with Gettor)

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#31982: Make sure GetTor info pages and repositories are self-consistent and clear
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 Reporter:  lwsullivan           |          Owner:  hiro
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/GetTor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  get, tor, gettor     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                       |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                       |        Sponsor:  Sponsor28
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Changes (by cohosh):

 * cc: ggus (added)


Old description:

> The Gettor area is a confusing mess of multiple landing pages, multiple
> repositories, and broken functionality.
>
> The starting point seems to be a blog post from 2016,
> https://blog.torproject.org/gettor-new-ways-download-tor-browser
>
> That directs to a landing page, https://gettor.torproject.org, which
> lists options.
>
> But https://thetorproject.github.io/gettor seems to be another landing
> page with another list of options.
>
> That second landing page only goes up to Tor Browser version 8.0.2, and
> in any case, the links to download Tor Browser return 404 not found.
>
> It looks like https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser is empty.
>
> There is a repository for Gettor https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettor
> but that has had no commits since 2017.
>
> The similar https://github.com/torproject/gettor has more recent commits
> but is under an account https://github.com/torproject which is described
> as "unofficial" repositories.
>
> Also, has anyone actually checked that the email, XMPP, and Twitter
> responders still work?

New description:

 The Gettor area is a confusing mess of multiple landing pages, multiple
 repositories, and broken functionality.

 The starting point seems to be a blog post from 2016,
 https://blog.torproject.org/gettor-new-ways-download-tor-browser

 That directs to a landing page, https://gettor.torproject.org, which lists
 options.

 But https://thetorproject.github.io/gettor seems to be another landing
 page with another list of options.

 That second landing page only goes up to Tor Browser version 8.0.2, and in
 any case, the links to download Tor Browser return 404 not found.

 It looks like https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser is empty.

 There is a repository for Gettor https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettor
 but that has had no commits since 2017.

 The similar https://github.com/torproject/gettor has more recent commits
 but is under an account https://github.com/torproject which is described
 as "unofficial" repositories.

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Comment:

 Updating the summary of this ticket to reflect the outstanding issues.

 From the original description:
 >  Also, has anyone actually checked that the email, XMPP, and Twitter
 responders still work?

 We are deprecating usage of XMPP in favour of newer, more widely used
 distribution methods, such as:
 - Twitter
 - Telegram (#22011)
 - Facebook messenger (#21382)

 The Twitter responder is not functioning at the moment and we are working
 on this issue in another ticket #33036

 > It looks like https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser is empty.

 This was an old repository used to distribute tor browser binaries. We
 should make sure we state clearly in the README what the repositories are
 for and where to find the binaries.

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