[tor-qa] Tor Browser 8.0a9 is ready for testing

[Georg Koppen]

Tom Ritter:
> On 27 June 2018 at 12:57, Georg Koppen <gk at torproject.org> wrote:
>>> The triangle exclamation is still flashing. I realize at this point
>>> it's probably the erroneous 'update available' message. I think we
>>> should change whatever needs to be changed so that alpha/newer
>>> versions don't report they have an 'update' available.
>>
>> No, it's not saying you have an update available but rather that the
>> version you are using is not recommended (yet). I think the respective
>> text on about:tor might be misleading, though. I am fine modifying the
>> text as needed but why should we not warn users once they run an
>> unrecommended Tor Browser version? What we could do to avoid this
>> problem is maybe for the alpha approving the upcoming release earlier?
> 
> Hrm. So flashing because it's not a recommended release makes sense...
> 
> I guess my attitude towards Alphas and Nightlies (especially if Alpha
> has it's own Update Channel) is to make Alpha Tor Browser visually and
> runtime distinct (different icon, process name, profile dir, etc) from
> the release channel of TB; like other browsers do. Then you can tell
> people who aren't on the latest Alpha that their version is incorrect;
> but the latest Alpha will be correct.

We are telling users who are using the latest alpha that their alpha is
correct. But, yes, I agree with the other suggestion. That's #25023.

Georg

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