[tor-commits] [tor/master] Add some changelog edits from seborn
nickm at torproject.org
nickm at torproject.org
Wed Jan 22 18:10:39 UTC 2020
commit d3e63ee2069ebad1d431e7621c13294c5c79f084
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date: Wed Jan 22 13:10:09 2020 -0500
Add some changelog edits from seborn
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ChangeLog | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
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Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
- This is the first alpha release in the 0.4.3.x series. It includes improved
- support for application integration of onion services, support for building
- in a client-only mode, and newly improved internal documentation (which you
- can read at https://src-ref.docs.torproject.org/tor/). It also has numerous
- other small bugfixes and features, as well as improvements to our code's
- internal organization that should help us write better code in the future.
+ This is the first alpha release in the 0.4.3.x series. It includes
+ improved support for application integration of onion services, support
+ for building in a client-only mode, and newly improved internal
+ documentation (online at https://src-ref.docs.torproject.org/tor/). It
+ also has numerous other small bugfixes and features, as well as
+ improvements to our code's internal organization that should help us
+ write better code in the future.
o New system requirements:
- When building Tor, you now need to have Python 3 in order to run
@@ -41,15 +42,15 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
HAProxy server. A new torrc option was added to specify the
address/port of the server: TCPProxy <protocol> <host>:<port>.
Currently the only supported protocol for the option is haproxy.
- Close ticket 31518. Patch done by Suphanat Chunhapanya (haxxpop).
+ Closes ticket 31518. Patch done by Suphanat Chunhapanya (haxxpop).
o Major bugfixes (linux seccomp sandbox):
- Correct how we use libseccomp. Particularly, stop assuming that
rules are applied in a particular order or that more rules are
processed after the first match. Neither is the case! In
libseccomp <2.4.0 this lead to some rules having no effect.
- Libseccomp 2.4.0 changed how rules are generated leading to a
- different ordering which in turn lead to a fatal crash during
+ libseccomp 2.4.0 changed how rules are generated, leading to a
+ different ordering, which in turn led to a fatal crash during
startup. Fixes bug 29819; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha. Patch by
Peter Gerber.
- Fix crash when reloading logging configuration while the
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.
o Major bugfixes (onion service):
- - Report back HS circuit failure back into the HS subsytem so we
- take appropriate action with regards to the client introduction
- point failure cache. This improves reachability of onion services,
- since now clients notice failing introduction circuits properly.
- Fixes bug 32020; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
+ - Report HS circuit failure back into the HS subsystem so we take
+ appropriate action with regards to the client introduction point
+ failure cache. This improves reachability of onion services, since
+ now clients notice failing introduction circuits properly. Fixes
+ bug 32020; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
o Minor feature (configure, build system):
- Output a list of enabled/disabled features at the end of the
@@ -143,10 +144,10 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
o Minor features (git scripts):
- Add TOR_EXTRA_CLONE_ARGS to git-setup-dirs.sh for git clone
customisation. Closes ticket 32347.
- - Add TOR_EXTRA_REMOTE_* to git-setup-dirs.sh for a custom extra
- remote. Closes ticket 32347.
- Add git-setup-dirs.sh, which sets up an upstream git repository
and worktrees for tor maintainers. Closes ticket 29603.
+ - Add TOR_EXTRA_REMOTE_* to git-setup-dirs.sh for a custom extra
+ remote. Closes ticket 32347.
- Call the check_cocci_parse.sh script from the git commit and push
hooks. Closes ticket 31919.
- Make git-push-all.sh skip unchanged branches when pushing to
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
Closes ticket 32216.
o Minor bugfixes (hidden service v3):
- - Do not rely on a "circuit established" flag for intro circuit but
+ - Do not rely on a "circuit established" flag for intro circuits but
instead always query the HS circuit map. This is to avoid sync
issue with that flag and the map. Fixes bug 32094; bugfix
on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
o Minor bugfixes (onion service v2):
- When sending the INTRO cell for a v2 Onion Service, look at the
failure cache alongside timeout values to check if the intro point
- is marked as failed. Previously, we only looked at if the relay
+ is marked as failed. Previously, we only looked at the relay
timeout values. Fixes bug 25568; bugfix on 0.2.7.3-rc. Patch by
Neel Chauhan.
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
o Minor bugfixes (tests):
- Our option-validation tests no longer depend on specially
- configured non-default, non-passing set of options. Previously,
+ configured non-default, non-passing sets of options. Previously,
the tests had been written to assume that options would _not_ be
set to their defaults, which led to needless complexity and
verbosity. Fixes bug 32175; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha.
@@ -328,12 +329,13 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
o Deprecated features:
- Deprecate the ClientAutoIPv6ORPort option. This option was not
- true Happy Eyeballs, and often failed on connections that weren't
- reliably dual-stack. Closes ticket 32942. Patch by Neel Chauhan.
+ true "Happy Eyeballs", and often failed on connections that
+ weren't reliably dual-stack. Closes ticket 32942. Patch by
+ Neel Chauhan.
o Documentation:
- - Provide a quickstart guide for our a Circuit Padding Framework,
- and documentation for researchers to implement and study circuit
+ - Provide a quickstart guide for a Circuit Padding Framework, and
+ documentation for researchers to implement and study circuit
padding machines. Closes ticket 28804.
- Add documentation in 'HelpfulTools.md' to describe how to build a
tag file. Closes ticket 32779.
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
ticket 32807.
- We no longer support consensus methods before method 28; these
methods were only used by authorities running versions of Tor that
- are now at end-of-life. In effect, this means that clients and
+ are now at end-of-life. In effect, this means that clients,
relays, and authorities now assume that authorities will be
running version 0.3.5.x or later. Closes ticket 32695.
@@ -366,8 +368,9 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
on option validation and normalization. Closes ticket 32213.
- Improve the consistency of test_parseconf.sh output, and run all
the tests, even if one fails. Closes ticket 32213.
- - Re-enable the Travis CI macOS Chutney build, but allow the job to
- finish before it finishes, because the Travis macOS jobs are slow.
+ - Re-enable the Travis CI macOS Chutney build, but don't let it
+ prevent the Travis job from finishing. (The Travis macOS jobs are
+ slow, so we don't want to have it delay the whole CI process.)
Closes ticket 32629.
- Run the practracker unit tests in the pre-commit git hook. Closes
ticket 32609.
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@ Changes in version 0.4.3.1-alpha - 2020-01-2?
- Instead of keeping a list of configuration options to check for
relative paths, check all the options whose type is "FILENAME".
Solves part of ticket 32339.
- - Our default log (which ordinarily sends NOTICE-level message to
+ - Our default log (which ordinarily sends NOTICE-level messages to
standard output) is now handled in a more logical manner.
Previously, we replaced the configured log options if they were
empty. Now, we interpret an empty set of log options as meaning
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