[tor-project] Tor browser meeting notes, 6 July 2020
Gaba
gaba at torproject.org
Mon Jul 6 18:56:49 UTC 2020
Hi!
Tor Browser meetings are happening every Monday at 1800UTC on
#tor-meeting in irc.oftc.net
We had a meeting on July 6th and here are the logs and notes.
Log:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2020/tor-meeting.2020-07-06-18.01.log.html
Pad:
http://kfahv6wfkbezjyg4r6mlhpmieydbebr5vkok5r34ya464gqz6c44bnyd.onion/p/tor-tbb-2020-keep
Contents of the pad for today:
== Tor Browser meeting pad! ==
Next meeting is at Monday 13th July 1800 UTC on #tor-meeting on OFTC.
July Schedule:
* Monday 6 July 18:00 UTC
* Monday 13 July 18:00 UTC
* Monday 20 July 18:00 UTC
* Monday 27 July 18:00 UTC
Release meetings: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-browser-release-meeting-keep
Tuesday July 7th 18:00 UTC
(This channel is logged while meetings are in progress.) (See
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2017-September/001459.html
for background.)
Upcoming Releases and other important dates
2020.06.30: 9.5.1 and 10.0a2 - ESR68.10, ESR78.0
Latest Releases:
2020.05.22: 9.5a13
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95a13
2020.06.02: 9.5 Stable
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95
2020.06.02: 10.0a1
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-100a1
== Previous notes ==
(Search the tor-project mailing list archive for older notes.)
June 15th -
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2020-June/002878.html
June 22nd -
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2020-June/002891.html
== What project we are working on? ==
SPONSOR 58 - Tor Browser Security, Performance, & Usability Improvements
Milestone: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/11
Parent ticket:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/33664
Timeline: https://nc.torproject.net/s/ow2r6cLgL7Cd9BA
== Stuff to do every week ==
Board https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/boards
- any change?
Check reviews not taken! How reviews from last week worked? Any
blocker?
https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/applications/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=Needs%20Review&assignee_id=None&label_name[]=Sponsor%2058
Next release: anybody need help with anything?
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== Announcements [please date] ==
Android release in next day
== Discussion [please date] ==
Applications/Tor Browser wiki page structure -
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/team
== Status Updates == Please update the status in the same place every
week under your name
Name:
Week of XYZ (planned):
- What you planned for last week.
Week of XYZ (actual):
- What you did last week.
Week of ABC (planned):
- What you're planning to do this week.
Help with:
- Something you may need help with.
ahf:
Week of 22/6 planned:
- Trying to minimize myself in the Gitlab stuff for now.
- Need to deal with review backlog.
- Back to doing Fenix + Tor integration.
- Get Tor network extension working on device with TGP sponsorship.
Week of 22/6 actually:
- Got help from Benjamin with certificates and all the Apple
"security" stuff with running your own apps on your own devices...
- Failed at completely detaching myself from Gitlab things:
worked on a few minor issues and the label clean-up.
- Tried to push for some sponsorship for CI for our Gitlab instance.
- Read Mike's congestion pads/mails.
- Got back to Fenix+Tor integration.
Week of 29/6 planned:
- Delete unused labels from Gitlab.
- Try to solve Gitlab#41 with Hiro since it makes working with
GL a bit more frustrating with our git.tpo/gitlab.tpo hybrid setup.
- Do merging/backporting of Tor things.
boklm:
Week of 2020-06-15 (actual):
- Made patches to use rootless containers and was able to do
builds of Tor Browser for windows-x86_64 and osx-x86_64
(tor-browser-build#23631 and rbm#40001). For some unknown reason the
builds based on wheezy are not working.
Week of 2020-06-22 (planned):
- Add some documentation for rbm#40001 and set the patch as
Needs Review
- Improve patch for rbm#32272 to handle Ctrl+C
Mike:
Week of 06/29 (planned):
- Performance funding proposal pre-meeting + funder meeting
- gecko-dev proxy audit
Week of 06/29 (actual):
- Research paper peer review for COSE
- Funding proposal work
- Performance funding proposal pre-meeting + funder meeting
- Congestion control proposal published! finally!
- Misc tor bug replies + spec tweaks
Week of 07/06 (planned):
- gecko-dev proxy audit <-- which #issue is this one? #40017? --gaba
mcs and brade:
Week of June 22nd (actual):
- Rebased & landed “update downloading” patch (upstreaming
tor-browser#28885).
- See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642404
- Investigated intermittent test failure for other part of
tor-browser#28885.
- See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1647313
- So far we have not reproduced the failure.
- tor-browser#33534: Finished reviewing Firefox 75-78beta
release/dev notes.
Week of June 29th (planned):
- tor-browser#33534: Review closed bugs for Firefox 75-78.
- More work on the intermittent test failure bug (Bugzilla 1647313).
- tor-browser#33852 (Clean up about:logins (LockWise) to avoid
mentioning sync, etc.)
sysrqb:
Week of 29 June (planned):
#33939
Unblock any other Fenix work
9.5.1/10.0a2 releases
cpu_features patch uplift
Week of 2 June (actual):
#33939
9.5.1/10.0a2 releases
cpu_features patch uplift (small progress)
Week of 6 July (planned):
#33939 <-- any help needed with it? --gaba
Unblock any other Fenix work
Android release preps and release
cpu_features patch uplift
GeKo:
Week of June 29 (planned):
Finish build of application services
help with releases were fit
Reviews (dev.tpo, O3.2 design for S30, #27105, #30832)
Week of June 22 (actual):
Work on build of application services
help with releases were fit
Reviews (dev.tpo, O3.2 design for S30, #27105)
Week of 6 July:
Finish build of application services
Help with Fennec release
Reviews (#27105, #30832, #33954, #33533 fixups, hopefully branch
based on esr78)
Fix up desktop toolchains so we can switch to nightly builds based
on esr78
blocked by #34432 landing
Antonela:
Week of 29 June (planned):
- Review HTTPS-E Names
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40010#note_2677262
- Work on S58 tickets TBA UI
- Waiting for tbb-dev review in S30 <-- who is reviewing this?
--gaba [I reviewed it, GeKo] [yes, thank you! - A]
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/trac/-/issues/40004
Week of 29 June (actual):
- Work on S58 tickets TBA UI
- S30 / TB 10.0 Connecting to Tor
- Some l10n work
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/l10n/-/issues/32602
Week of 6 July:
- Working on S58 TBA UI
Main ticket
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/33658
WIP https://marvelapp.com/prototype/783fhfb
- Review
HTTPS-E Names:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40010
Onion Location:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40020
acat:
Week of 29th June (planned):
- Finish tor-browser-bundle-testsuite at 40002: Add test for "Add
v3 onion services client authentication prompt" TB patch
- Revise & Rebase #33533 to latest beta and test
tor-browser-spec#40001 process
- Revise tor-browser-spec at 40001: Add rebasing process document
- Maybe iterate on tor-browser at 33791: Evaluate Firefox tests
- I was thinking of finding the subset of FF tests that pass and
put it in some list/script so that we can run/keep track of it. +1 (+1,
yes, please)
Week of 29th June (actual):
- Finish tor-browser-bundle-testsuite at 40002: Add test for "Add
v3 onion services client authentication prompt" TB patch
- Revise & Rebase #33533 to esr78
- Revise tor-browser-spec at 40001: Add rebasing process document
- Quick patch for #40020: On a v2 onion page, Onion-Location
with a v3 onion should count as "onion available"
Week of 6th July:
- Revise & Rebase #33533 to 79beta and test
tor-browser-spec#40001 process
- 40010: Improve/Simplify Https-Everywhere Onion Name Implementation
- torbutton at 40001: Generate tor-browser-brand.ftl from
brand.properties and brand.dtd
- Iterate on tor-browser at 33791: Evaluate Firefox tests
- I was thinking of finding the subset of FF tests that pass
and put it in some list/script so that we can run/keep track of it. +1
(+1, yes, please)
Jeremy Rand:
Week of 29 June (planned):
Look more seriously at what's needed to port the Namecoin
support to macOS/Windows.
Keep working on rebasing Namecoin's patches to Electrum 4.0.0.
Continue working on upstreaming Namecoin's Electrum patches.
Continue talking to NLnet about funding things.
Issue a formal statement from Namecoin about the OTF situation
(hopefully it helps).
Hopefully get my GitLab account sorted out.
Week of 29 June (actual):
Look more seriously at what's needed to port the Namecoin
support to macOS/Windows. (WIP)
Upstream Electrum released 4.0.1. (4.0.0 was skipped for
unknown reasons.)
Merge some upstream code from Electrum 4.0.1.
Various NLnet coordination.
Finish writing OTF statement for Namecoin (not published yet).
I can now login to GitLab (though email notifications don't work
yet here...)
Week of 6 July (planned):
File some GitLab issues about Namecoin support in macOS/Windows.
Work on getting Electrum-NMC 4.0.1 ready.
Work on upstreaming Electrum-NMC patches.
More NLnet coordination.
Publish OTF statement on Namecoin.org.
Maybe figure out why email notifications aren't working for me
from GitLab. <-- notifications were disabled before, they do not work
for a specific project for you? --gaba (Hmm, maybe something was fixed
without me noticing, will try again. -Jeremy)
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