[tor-project] Tor Browser meeting notes, 15 June 2020

Gaba gaba at torproject.org
Mon Jun 15 18:52:46 UTC 2020


Hi!

Tor Browser meetings are happening every Monday at 1800UTC on
#tor-meeting in irc.oftc.net

We had a meeting on June 15th and here are the logs and notes.

Log:
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2020/tor-meeting.2020-06-15-18.02.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 15 June 1800 UTC on #tor-meeting on OFTC.

June Schedule:
    * Monday 15 June 18:00 UTC
    * Monday 22 June 18:00 UTC

Release meetings: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-browser-release-meeting-keep

    Tuesday June 23th 18:00 UTC thanks :)

    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.)


== What project we are working on? ==

SPONSOR 58 - Tor Browser Security, Performance, & Usability Improvements

    Parent ticket: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33664

    Wiki page:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Sponsor58

    Timeline:  https://nc.torproject.net/s/ow2r6cLgL7Cd9BA


== Stuff to do every week ==

    Check reviews not taken! How reviews from last week worked? Any
blocker?

    For S58:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=needs_review&sponsor=Sponsor58-must&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=reviewer&order=priority



-------------------------------
---- 15 June 2020
-------------------------------

== Announcements [please date] ==

    We are in the middle of the transition from trac.torproject.org to
gitlab.torproject.org. Trac and Gitlab can not update tickets right now.
Wait for mail sent to tor-project@ on Tuesday morning.


== Discussion [please date] ==

    (June 15th) s58 Object 2.1 - UX :
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Sponsor58 -
Anto starts on this in June. Implementation is in obj 2.4

    (June 15th) s30 Tor Browser - UX

    https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31283 has proposal
for improving censorship circumvention UX. TB folks to review it.

    (June 15th) GitLab migration (two parts)

    tickets divided into new projects in gitlab

    workflows


Log :
http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2020/tor-meeting.2020-06-15-18.02.log.html


== Status Updates ==

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.


sysrqb:
    Week of 08 June (planned):
        Tor Browser Nightly build machine
        Finish "Decide which components of Fenix to rip out, disable, or
use" (#33939)
        Create tickets/plan for S58 O2.1
    Week of 08 June (actual):
        Made progress on #33939 (but did not finish)
        Created tickets/plan for O2.1
        Gitlab migration preparations
        Some adminy things
    Week of 15 June (planned):
        Really, really finish #33939
        Review testsuite patches and merge them so we have a
working...testsuite
        Catch up on current 9.5/10.0a tickets
        Finally land vpx patch upstream

Mike:
    Week of 06/08 (planned):
        - gecko-dev proxy audit
    Week of 06/08 (actual):
        - Review of upstream DNS patch (looks good, I think)
        - metrics tickets followup
        - circpad bug fixes
    Week of 06/15 (planned):
        - gecko-dev proxy audit

mcs and brade:
    Week of June 8th (actual):
        - Worked on some tbb-9.5-issues:
            - #34362 (Improve Onion Service Authentication prompt).
            - #34369 (Fix learn more link in Onion Auth prompt).
            - #34370 (Improve identity doorhanger message during failed
onion auth).
        - Did some research for #34366 (onion-location mechanism -> full
URL).
        - Poked upstream bug for #31607 (App menu items stop working).
            - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1586061
            - Created and posted a minimal extension that demonstrates
the bug.
        - Worked on upstreaming the #28885 patch (notify users update is
downloading).
            - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642404
            - Added tests and posted a revised patch; waiting on review.
        - Reported some bugs with Trac -> GitLab migration (fixed by ahf).
    Week of June 15th (planned):
        - Follow up on active tickets:
            - #33851 (Patch out Parental Controls detection and logging).
            - #33998 (stop using XUL <grid> soon).
            - #33848 (Disable Enhanced Tracking Protection).
        - Spot-check acat’s 33533+6 branch (updated ESR78 rebase).
        - Create a patch for
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642754
            - This is a spin-off of Mozilla bug 1642404 and covers the
remainder of #28885.

ahf:
    Last week:
        - Working with all the teams on Gitlab migration.
    This week:
        - Some Gitlab support
        - Back to getting Tor working in Fenix.

GeKo:
    Last week:
        -started to split of branches for S58 code and ESR 78 migration
        -redid toolchain patches to take into account tor-browser-build
branching strategy (#34432)
        -started work on application-services build integration (#34101)
        -reviewed #33533 up to and including 33533+5
        -helped with Gitlab migration of browser tickets
    This week:
        -playing with Gitlab and helping further with Gitlab migration
        -finishing review of #33533 and posting notes
        -#34432 and #34101
        -reviews (we have a bunch of them in our backlog)



acat:
    Last week:
        Finished rebasing patches to 78 beta (#33533)
        Addressed review issues for uplifting patch #27604
        Reviews
    This week:
        Possibly address GeKo's feedback on #33533
        Finish uplift #32414 (Make Services.search.addEngine obey FPI)
        Document rebase process for tor-browser-spec
        Maybe start covering some patches with tests


Jeremy Rand:
    Week of June 8 (actual):
        Filed #34399 (Electrum-NMC can't make outgoing connections on
Python 3.8+)
        Submitted patch for #34399
    Week of June 15 (planned):
        Solicit more test reports on Namecoin integration (including
from users who were affected by #34399)

boklm:
    Last week:
        - made some patches for #28396 and #33991
        - started looking at doing builds with rootless containers in
rbm, and using mmdebstrap to create debian chroots
    This week:
        - continue trying to do some builds with rootless containers and
mmdebstrap





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