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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Browser Bundle 3.0alpha1 test builds



Should be fixed. Good luck!

Micah Lee:

> This is awesome! Can you fix a typo in this file?
> https://check.torproject.org/RecommendedTBBVersions
> 
> It says:
> 
> [
> "2.3.25-8-MacOS",
> "2.3.25-8-Windows",
> "2.3.25-8-Linux",
> "2.3.25-9-Linux",
> "2.4.12-alpha-2-MacOS",
> "2.4.12-alpha-2-Windows",
> "2.4.12-alpha-2-Linux"
> "3.0-alpha-1-Linux"
> "3.0-alpha-1-MacOS"
> "3.0-alpha-1-Windows"
> ]
> 
> There missing commas at the end of the array. I tried updating to
> 3.0alpha1 with Tor Browser Launcher but it failed parsing
> RecommendedTBBVersions.
> 
> On 06/14/2013 07:39 PM, Mike Perry wrote:
> > The new TBB 3.0 series is almost ready for its first alpha release!
> > 
> > Here are the major highlights of the 3.0 series:
> > 
> >  1. Usability, usability, usability! We've attempted to solve several
> >     major usability issues in this series, including:
> > 
> >     A. No more Vidalia. The Tor process management is handled by the Tor
> >        Launcher extension. If you want the Vidalia features, you can
> >        point an existing Vidalia binary at control port 9151 after Tor
> >        Browser has launched, and it should still work.
> > 
> >     B. The browser now uses a local about:tor homepage instead of
> >        check.torproject.org. A local verification against the control port
> >        is still performed, to ensure Tor is working, and a link to
> >        check.torproject.org is provided from the about:Tor homepage
> >        for manual verification as well.
> > 
> >     C. For Windows users: an NSIS-based extractor now guides you through
> >        the TBB extraction and ensures the extracted bundle ends up on your
> >        Desktop, or in a known location chosen by you. Hopefully this
> >        will mean no more losing track of the extracted bundle files!
> > 
> >  2. The bundles are all under the 25M gmail attachment size limit, so
> >     direct email and gettor attachments are once again possible.
> > 
> >  3. We now use Gitian to build the bundles. The idea behind Gitian is to
> >     allow independent people to take our source code and produce exactly
> >     identical binaries on their own. We're not quite at the point where
> >     you always get a matching build, but the remaining differences are
> >     minor, and within a couple more releases we should have it fully
> >     reproducible. For now, we are posting all of the builds for
> >     comparison, and you can of course build and compare your own:
> >     https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git/blob/HEAD:/gitian/README.build
> > 
> > 
> > Please try these out, test them, and give us feedback! The plan is to
> > post them on the blog by Monday, unless something goes horribly wrong.
> > 
> > https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/tbb-3.0alpha1-builds/official/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> -- 
> Micah Lee
> @micahflee
> 



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Mike Perry

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