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Re: [tor-bugs] #3537 [Website]: Polipo instructions got removed from the website
#3537: Polipo instructions got removed from the website
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Reporter: Sebastian | Owner: phobos
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Website | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by phobos):
Replying to [ticket:3537 Sebastian]:
> This means that now *BSD users don't get the configuration information
(we don't offer TBBs for them), it means that our Debian package users get
a proxy installed but will not configure it, etc. Just pretending TBB is
the answer for everyone doesn't work imo because we don't support TBB for
everyone, and our packages assume that installing polipo is still
necessary. I suspect you will have to persuade weasel that the tor debian
package is not supposed to be used as a client to get the proxy
recommendation removed.
I was unaware we still ship polipo in our bundles, nor have the software
pointers to it. Polipo and privoxy are no longer needed, and haven't been
for ages. Polipo/Privoxy were needed when Tor's average latency was 10+
seconds. Now, with tor's less than 5 second response, on average, even
firefox 3.6.18 using socks direct to Tor rarely results in a confusing
'network error'.
We shouldn't be instructing users to install either package. When I
installed torbutton 1.3.3-alpha, it did not have "use polipo" checked by
default. Now that torbutton 1.4 is released, we really don't need to
point people at polipo.
Feel free to revert my changes. My end goal is clearly stated at
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2011-June/002780.html
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