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Re: [tor-bugs] #15578 [Tor Browser]: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is EOL April 2015
#15578: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is EOL April 2015
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Reporter: | Owner: tbb-team
mikeperry | Status: new
Type: defect | Milestone:
Priority: normal | Version:
Component: Tor | Keywords: tbb-gitian, TorBrowserTeam201504,
Browser | AffectsTails
Resolution: | Parent ID:
Actual Points: |
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Comment (by gk):
Replying to [comment:4 intrigeri]:
> Replying to [ticket:15578 mikeperry]:
> > I think my preferred option long-term is to switch us to Debian guest
VM images, but it looks like the only way to do that is to also switch to
using a sketch python-vm-builder fork completed as a Summer of Code
project way back in 2009: https://wiki.debian.org/VMBuilder
>
> I don't see any RFP (request for package) asking to get python-vm-
builder in Debian on https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=wnpp. Of course, just asking likely won't be
enough, but if we don't even ask, certainly it won't ever happen :) Shall
I file a RFP bug there?
>
> Also, it seems that vmbuilder does something very similar to live-build,
so it might be worth looking into it.
Thanks for the pointer. I think filing an RFP sounds like a good idea if
we go with VMBuilder after we patched it in a way to support up-to-date
Debian systems (we'll see if we do that).
> Replying to [comment:1 gk]:
> > I'd be inclined to argue Debian old-stable users (i.e. people using
Wheezy then) should upgrade to stable
>
> Note that Debian oldstable is supported for a full year after a new
stable is out. So users should, and will upgrade, sure, but not
necessarily right now: that's what the transition period is for, and I
doubt we can force users to go through the upgrade exactly when we want
it. If we try to force it, I'm afraid that the end-result, for many Debian
users, would simply be "what?! Tor Browser is broken", which isn't very
nice UX, even with awesome blog posts explaining them (in English) why
they should upgrade their OS.
Good point and I agree with you.
> > as I can't imagine we want to start switching to old stable for
building our Linux packages
>
> Given Wheezy is pretty solid a release, supported for a full more year
(and probably longer, as it seems likely that the LTS effort will apply to
Wheezy too), this wouldn't seem _that_ crazy an option to me.
>
> It at least would do the first migration step, away from an unsupported
Ubuntu release, to using Debian for the build VMs. And in a year, once
Wheezy is officially deprecated (the LTS effort is mostly focussed on
server use cases in practice), then we can definitely stop supporting
Wheezy users, and then we can use Jessie VMs to build Tor Browser.
Maybe, but note that Ubuntu Precise will be supported almost until end of
2017 which might cause similar glibc issues if we want to support that
long-term Ubuntu distro while pondering switching to Jessie.
> Replying to [comment:3 mikeperry]:
> > Unfortunately, I think the Tails people will not be able to use our
builds if we switch to 12.04 before they switch to Jessy.
>
> Indeed, that's (unfortunately) very likely. Thanks for keeping the Tails
usecase in mind!
>
> But perhaps it would be good to check before giving up, if it's cheap:
Wheezy has glibc 2.13, Precise has 2.15 -- the delta perhaps isn't that
big => maybe there's no new symbol introduced in 2.13..2.15 that Tor
Browser builds would pick up? It might be, in the end, that it's only
about one symbol or two, and then perhaps a thin compatibility layer hack,
like the bitcoin folks have done, could be an acceptable workaround for a
year?
Having Lucid as the OS for the guest VM is exactly due to glibc issues we
encountered in the past (a thing the Tor Messenger people had to learn as
well). We could check if it is really just one or two symbols but I am not
so happy about that idea given our numerous Tor Browser parts and the
already fragile build system.
> (BTW, I'm pretty sure we'll release Tails based on Jessie by the end of
the year, but I doubt it'll happen before November.)
So, sticking to Ubuntu Precise a la #15551 is no option then. The
deterministic build system does already have enough kludges and I am not
too eager to add another one in the Bitcoin style. Seems Mike was right
and we should try to get Gitian working with Debian guest VMs. Exciting.
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