[tor-qa] new stable TBBs available for testing

[Runa A. Sandvik]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Runa A. Sandvik <runa at torproject.org> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Erinn Clark <erinn at torproject.org>
> Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:55 AM
> Subject: new stable TBBs available for testing
> To: Mike Perry <mikeperry at torproject.org>
> Cc: runa at torproject.org, tor-assistants at lists.torproject.org
>
>
> Notable updates are Firefox (10.0.7esr) and libevent (2.0.20-stable). I don't
> know if we have any Windows testers -- when I last looked at the QA list
> it was all Linux testers -- but if we do they might want to pay more attention
> since this version of Libevent fixes some Windows-specific bugs (changelog
> here: https://raw.github.com/libevent/libevent/release-2.0.20-stable/ChangeLog)
>
> Please also make sure that the right version of Libevent is included and
> running in every bundle, since there is Makefile magic that tells Tor to
> rebuild against new versions of Libevent and OpenSSL automatically. Testers can
> verify this in the Message Log of Vidalia.
>
> Packages here: https://people.torproject.org/~erinn/qa/stable/
> Shasums here: https://people.torproject.org/~erinn/qa/stable/shasums-0.2.2.38-2.txt.asc
>
> Turnaround time: I don't expect any major problems and plan to release within
> the next 24 hours. Feel free to just forward this wholesale to the list or
> rewrite portions, especially you, Mike, in case you have specific
> Firefox-related issues.

Two users tested this on Windows XP: The Tor Browser starts up,
check.tpo says "There is a security update available for the Tor
Browser", but TBB works just fine. Even when stopped/started a number
of times. Correct version of Firefox, Tor, Libevent etc.

-- 
Runa A. Sandvik