Re: [Tails-dev] Adding 'age' encryption tool to Tails

2021-11-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, codesoap--- via Tails-dev (2021-10-30): > lately I'm beginning to use 'age' in many scenarios where I used gpg > previously. Could you please describe such scenarios, so we can check how closely they match our design goals and personas? The good news is that I think users can already add "ag

Re: [Tails-dev] Preparing the next monthly report

2021-11-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, > A blueprint with the current report, who is responsible to curate it, and > a template with instructions on how to write it can be found on: anonym is the curator for our October report. Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https

Re: [Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.24

2021-10-13 Thread intrigeri
Hi, boyska (2021-10-07): > Tails 4.24 is scheduled for November 2. > We haven't fully decided who is gonna be the release manager yet: I am > listed as RM in the calendar, but this might change. I'll be the RM for 4.24, unless anonym takes it over a week before the release. Any change meant to

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 5.0 alpha ISO and 5.0 release date

2021-09-26 Thread intrigeri
Hi, gu...@boum.org (2021-09-24): > You wrote us that you'll make clearer plans in August-September. We > didn't find updates publickly available. Is there already clearer plans? Yes, somewhat: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/14578#note_176989 The main unknown right now is who

Re: [Tails-dev] using tails on microsoft surface

2021-09-13 Thread intrigeri
Hi, paul seßbrügger (2021-09-07): > I hope you’re all good. I’m a big fan of tails and appreciate what > you guys doing. Thanks, this is heart-warming! > Unfortunately tails is not working on my Microsoft surface laptop. I red in > reddit that more people have this problem, > So I wanted to ask

Re: [Tails-dev] rake build fails - NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

2021-08-28 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tymek Majewski via Tails-dev (2021-08-25): > I'm trying to follow https://tails.boum.org/contribute/build/ > but I haven't managed to get far as `make rake` fails quickly. > > I'm not from a rake background so it would take me aaages to figure this one > out on my own and I hope you can help.

Re: [Tails-dev] Can't connect to bridges

2021-08-24 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Ahmad Hakim (2021-08-16): > i'm using Tor in Tails and want to connect Tor into Bridges..i'm > already using almost 10 different obfs4 but still can't connect Please retry with Tails 4.22~rc1. Chances are you need to use the new "Fix Clock" feature. Cheers! __

Re: [Tails-dev] Problem

2021-08-24 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Jacob Wise via Tails-dev (2021-08-21): > Can’t connect to tor even with bridges straight from tor Thanks for sharing your findings! It helps us improve Tails. Please retry with Tails 4.22~rc1. If this does not work either, please describe exactly what you did and what was the result. Thanks

Re: [Tails-dev] Tor Connection Assistant: Redo setup wizard

2021-08-24 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Marlon Otto via Tails-dev (2021-08-23): > it would be useful, if there was the ability to redo the setup > wizard from the Tor Connection Assistant. I've chosen "easier"  at > the first startup and would like to change it to "safer". Thanks for sharing your findings! It helps us improve Tails

Re: [Tails-dev] Pronouns

2021-08-17 Thread intrigeri
Hi, 2 weeks later, here's a friendly ping about this: intrigeri (2021-08-03): > tl;dR: even if you personally don't care much about what pronouns are > used for you _please_ document your pronouns on GitLab. This will help > make our community a better place. > > intr

[Tails-dev] Heads up: update your personal test suite configuration

2021-08-17 Thread intrigeri
Hi, If you run our test suite locally, you have 2 XMPP accounts configured in features/config/local.yml. Most likely they are riseup.net accounts. Riseup will soon stop their XMPP service, so you have to create 2 new XMPP accounts elsewhere and update your features/config/local.yml accordingly.

[Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.22

2021-08-10 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tails 4.22 is scheduled for September 7. anonym will be the release manager. Dear manual testers, please tell tails...@boum.org how much manual testing you can do on: - September 6, later afternoon CEST - September 7, morning CEST Cheers! ___ Ta

[Tails-dev] Announcement: public XMPP chat rooms were migrated

2021-08-05 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Our public XMPP chat rooms at conference.riseup.net are now deprecated. To connect to the new chat rooms, see: - https://tails.boum.org/contribute/chat/ - https://tails.boum.org/support/chat/ Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org

Re: [Tails-dev] An outside of the box proposal re persistence backups

2021-08-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, alienpup (2021-08-03): >> alienpup (2021-08-02): >> > The now rather lengthy (lengthy is good) discussion regarding Tails >> > persistence backup has not considered the benefits of an alternative >> > persistence file system, one designed with fast, easy backups in >> > mind. Of the several su

Re: [Tails-dev] Add simple GUI to back up persistent volume (attached)

2021-08-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, David A. Wheeler (2021-08-03): >> On Aug 3, 2021, at 4:40 PM, sajolida wrote: >> Thanks a lot David for helping us do meaningful increments on this very >> important missing feature. > > Sure! I’m happy I could help. :) I've created https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18504 t

Re: [Tails-dev] An outside of the box proposal re persistence backups

2021-08-03 Thread intrigeri
Hi alienpup, alienpup (2021-08-02): > The now rather lengthy (lengthy is good) discussion regarding Tails > persistence backup has not considered the benefits of an alternative > persistence file system, one designed with fast, easy backups in > mind. Of the several such file systems that come to

Re: [Tails-dev] Pronouns

2021-08-03 Thread intrigeri
Hi, tl;dR: even if you personally don't care much about what pronouns are used for you _please_ document your pronouns on GitLab. This will help make our community a better place. intrigeri (2021-08-02): > If you want, you can now add your pronouns to your GitLab account so > that yo

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-08-02 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-07-27): > boyska (2021-07-27): >>>As far as I understand it, in this context "creating" is essentially >>>equivalent to "being the first to join". >> >> true. that, and setting all the right settings for the room (tit

Re: [Tails-dev] Connection Assistant

2021-08-02 Thread intrigeri
uks00 (2021-08-02): > That worked! Thanks for confirming our hunch was correct! This new feature should land in 4.22~rc1 (August 19). ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from

Re: [Tails-dev] Add simple GUI to back up persistent volume (attached)

2021-08-02 Thread intrigeri
Hi David, David A. Wheeler (2021-07-22): > All: Some Tails users (such as journalists in certain countries) > will want to use a persistent volume, yet there's no simple GUI to > back up the persistent volume. That's a problem; all media fails > eventually. Many users are not comfortable using a c

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 4.20

2021-08-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Christian Achimov via Tails-dev (2021-07-27): > since upgrade from Tails 4.19 to 4.20, the WiFi connection > disappeared. Cannot connect through wlan. Even with cable connection > to wlan router it doesn‘t work. Error connection when I try to > connect with new bridges which I got from brid...

Re: [Tails-dev] Bridge not functioning properly

2021-08-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, maton (2021-07-26): > Connection fails when running with the default bridge selected. Were you using obfs4 bridges successfully on older Tails (4.19 or earlier)? I suspect the problem is caused by your computer's hardware clock being set to local time, far away from UTC (GMT). It would be n

Re: [Tails-dev] Connection Assistant

2021-08-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, uks00 (2021-08-01): > I wanted to let you know I tried to use the connection assistant to set up > a bridge but it would not work. I am using tails through a USB and tried to > use the default bridges in tails initially and then a custom bridge I got > from tor through email but no luck using

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-08-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-07-30): >> a. start testing disroot.org chat rooms The current results of these tests are: tails-dev works, tails does not. I'd rather not take the risk to end up with "tails-dev" on one server, and "tails" on another one ⇒ I would prefer we don't migrate tails-dev before we

[Tails-dev] Pronouns

2021-08-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, If you want, you can now add your pronouns to your GitLab account so that your pronouns appear next to your name in your profile: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/help/user/profile/index.md#add-your-gender-pronouns Thanks to Cody who documented this on https://tails.boum.org/contribute/working_t

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-27 Thread intrigeri
Hi, boyska (2021-07-27): >>As far as I understand it, in this context "creating" is essentially >>equivalent to "being the first to join". > > true. that, and setting all the right settings for the room (title, > description, access control settings, history...) FWIW I was asked such questions o

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-27 Thread intrigeri
try to act with as much good will as I can :) > We can do those in parallel: > > a. start testing disroot.org chat rooms. intrigeri, can you be the one > creating the chat rooms? As far as I understand it, in this context "creating" is essentially equivalent to "b

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-21 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-07-19): > On 19/07/21 14:17, intrigeri wrote: >> ignifugo (2021-07-19): >> In the future, I would be grateful if you could do minimal fact >> gathering, before you express such judgments: as you can see above, >> since you did not do that, facing

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-07-19): > And I don't know which are the plan after.. "replace xmpp with?".. > lets go... with Discourse? is ok for me... but are missing > informations. important to understand and seems a bit discredit the > answer of Syster. I believe the information you say is missing was m

Re: [Tails-dev] chat software for Tails

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, syster via Tails-dev (2021-07-19): > What options do you consider preferable over xmpp? (if that is already > documented I missed it) Please see these 2 bits of my introductory email in this thread ("Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)"): - blue

Re: [Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.21

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, anonym (2021-07-13): > Tails 4.21 is scheduled to be released on August 10. > > boyska will be the mentoree RM [0] preparing this release! \o/ This was a mistake/misunderstanding. I'll be the RM for 4.21 and boyska will RM 4.22~rc1 a week later. Please ensure all code changes meant to be inc

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, boyska (2021-07-19): > syster via Tails-dev: >>The compliance tester says some XEP's that are recommended are missing. >>Some of them might not bring a feature to a Tails user, while others >>might. This is the test: >>https://compliance.conversations.im/server/esiliati.org/ > > The single

Re: [Tails-dev] Unable to connect on tor

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi @boyska, Odran Ligneul (2021-07-17): > I am using my personal WiFi without any issues in the past and now, I am > not able to connect on tor anymore. > > I used different bridges downloaded from your website and your email > addresse but none of them work when I enter them, I always get the "er

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-07-12): > If no obvious blocker has been identified by the end of the week, > next week I plan to: Last call for testing & feedback! I plan to do this later this week, but not today: > - make these chat rooms the official ones > > - set up authorization

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-18 Thread intrigeri
Hi, syster via Tails-dev (2021-07-17): > The server that Tails is using for its official chat room, might become an > entrance to xmpp for Tails user. > Choosing a server that gives new user a pleasant experience should be > preferred over a server that does not. Personally, I would prefer not

Re: [Tails-dev] error connecting issues

2021-07-15 Thread intrigeri
Hi, I'm forwarding this to our Help Desk and adding some questions inline below: sade via Tails-dev (2021-07-14): > Having issues connecting to tor network > > first time connecting since new update I understand you've updated to Tails 4.20. > have persistent storage enabled > > Tried connectin

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 4.20 freezes

2021-07-14 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Paweł Rogaliński (2021-07-13): > I upgraded from 4.19 to 4.20 and strange thing happens with memory > management, What lead you to the conclusion that this was related to memory management? > twice already When scrolling > http://https://www.facebookwkhpilnemxj7asaniu7vnjjbiltxjqhye3mhbshg7

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use a Label instead of a Milestone to track our roadmap

2021-07-12 Thread intrigeri
hello, sajolida (2021-07-12): > I hope that the mess I did 2 weeks ago didn't make your work more > complicated. Well, no, because I blindly assumed you had reverted all your changes back to the initial, good, starting point. If this assumption is incorrect, then perhaps my actions did not produ

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-07-12 Thread intrigeri
Hi, I've created public XMPP chatrooms at esiliati.org. This hosting option came warmly recommended by boyska and its admins are happy to host us. Please join this channel for a 1-week testing period: - Channel: tails-dev - server: conference.esiliati.org If no obvious blocker has been identi

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use a Label instead of a Milestone to track our roadmap

2021-07-12 Thread intrigeri
Hi, sajolida (2021-06-28): > I tried to implement this and realized half-way through that it requires > group labels that I don't have the rights to create. > > So see you on > https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/sysadmin/-/issues/17837 for the > implementation. Done. Our roadmap is now tracked

[Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our public chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server (#17956)

2021-06-29 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Riseup plans to stop their XMPP service in August 2021. We're using that service for a few public chat rooms, most notably "tails-dev" and "tails". Proposal: migrate these 2 chat rooms to another friendly XMPP server. We're considering 2 hosting options for now (systemli.org and esiliati.org)

Re: [Tails-dev] [tor-qa] Tor Browser 10.5a17 is ready for testing

2021-06-29 Thread intrigeri
Hi Matt, Matthew Finkel (2021-06-28): > We scheduled the 10.5 release next Tuesday, but you can safely pick up > 10.5.1 on 13 July. > > The largest change in 10.5 is the new default bootstrapping UI/UX, but > you can use the old (tor-launcher) UI by setting the envvar > TOR_USE_LEGACY_LAUNCHER. >

Re: [Tails-dev] proposal/offer for hosting and bridging XMPP, IRC, Matrix - to deal with xmpp.riseup.net going away

2021-06-28 Thread intrigeri
I'll take it into account in another proposal I'm going to write this week on this topic. Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.

Re: [Tails-dev] [tor-qa] Tor Browser 10.5a17 is ready for testing

2021-06-28 Thread intrigeri
Hi Matt, Matthew Finkel (2021-06-26): > We are happy to announce the first Tor Browser 10.5a17 release candidate > for wider testing. Packages can be found at: When is 10.5 scheduled to become stable? I expect it won't be a seamless upgrade for Tails so I'd like to know how much time we have to

Re: [Tails-dev] Experiment started: GitLab CI (tails/sysadmin#17740)

2021-06-21 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2020-10-30): > Tails system administrators are currently experimenting with GitLab > CI […] Update: at today's Core Workers meeting, we decided to turn GitLab CI off for the tails/tails project until sysadmins have capacity to make it work reliably in production. This

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use a Label instead of a Milestone to track our roadmap

2021-06-20 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Zen Fu (2021-06-17): > sajolida writes: >> I propose that we change this to using labels, for example ~2021 instead >> of %2021. This way, changing milestones wouldn't lose the roadmap info. >> It would make it easier to track and evaluate progress without having to >> go back to the canonica

[Tails-dev] Heads up: update your build system

2021-06-07 Thread intrigeri
Hi, I've just merged !478 into testing & devel, so you need to update your build system accordingly to replace vmdebootstrap with vmdb2. tl;dr: install vmdb2 from testing/sid For the longer and more helpful version, see wiki/src/contribute/build.mdwn on the testing branch. Cheers! _

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: Core Workers are responsible for simplified Monthly Reports

2021-06-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi anonym, ano...@riseup.net (2021-05-04): > Deadline: 2021-05-17 This is in the past, and the focus will now be on the May report, so please finish facilitating this discussion and follow-up with the next steps: intrigeri (2021-05-12): > We already have allocated them and anonym voluntee

Re: [Tails-dev] [tbb-dev] Release schedule update

2021-05-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi again, FYI, Mozilla updated their release schedule last week, so Tails/TBB release schedules are out of sync with Mozilla again :/ @Tails: I'll update contribute/calendar, GitLab milestones, and grants work calendar accordingly. Cheers! ___ Tails-de

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: Core Workers are responsible for simplified Monthly Reports

2021-05-12 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-05-04): > On 04/05/21 14:31, intrigeri wrote: >> Hi, >> >> anonym (2021-05-04): >>> In other words, it will be a copy-paste job with no need for creative >>> writing. >> My understanding is that we (Core Workers) had agreed on &qu

Re: [Tails-dev] Preparing the next monthly report

2021-05-12 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-05-11): > I think are missing the metrics of the total monthly user. A big thanks > to who can add it. I added the total number. I did not do the maths. > BUT please read and review ;) I can review a tested (i.e. locally built) MR later this week. ___

Re: [Tails-dev] Oops iuk-patch typo

2021-05-11 Thread intrigeri
kwadronaut (2021-05-11): > Apologies, I made a patch against main instead of devel, here again, a > lot smaller. Thanks, applied! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this

Re: [Tails-dev] typo-iuk-patch

2021-05-11 Thread intrigeri
Hi, kwadronaut (2021-05-11): > minor typo in the IUK. Thanks! The attached patch is 2.5MB large, so perhaps you didn't diff it against the intended branch? Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: Core Workers are responsible for simplified Monthly Reports

2021-05-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, anonym (2021-05-04): > In other words, it will be a copy-paste job with no need for creative writing. My understanding is that we (Core Workers) had agreed on "pick 3 highlights of the month (achievements, plans) and write a paragraph of prose about each of them", which may require more or le

Re: [Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.19

2021-04-27 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-04-27): > Tails 4.19 will be a major release, This situation is not so common. IIRC boyska has not faced it yet, and other contributors might welcome a reminder, so here we go: - until the freeze, code MRs should target the devel branch, except for bug fixes we would w

Re: [Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.19

2021-04-26 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-04-20): > Tails 4.19 is scheduled to be released on June 1. I'll be the RM for 4.19. Tails 4.19 will be a major release, with a release candidate published on May 13. anonym will be the RM for 4.19~rc1. Our codebase will be frozen around May 12. In order to maxi

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 4.19~beta1 postponed (and what about 4.19~rc1?)

2021-04-25 Thread intrigeri
Hi, anonym (2021-04-23): > tl;dr: > > Proposal: > * Tails 4.19~beta1 is postponed from 2021-04-22 to 2021-04-27 > * Tails 4.19~rc1 is postponed from 2021-05-06 to 2021-05-13 > > What do you think? This totally makes sense to me from a release management perspective. Postponing these 2 pre-releas

Re: [Tails-dev] [Announcement] Retiring git.tails.boum.org aka. git-tails.immerda.ch (sysadmin#17605)

2021-04-22 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-01-18): > tl;dR > = > > The repositories hosted on git.tails.boum.org, aka. > git-tails.immerda.ch, will be deleted no earlier than April 18, 2021. This now happened. Please let me know if that broke anything. __

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use the "Reviewer" field in GitLab MRs

2021-04-20 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-04-06): > I propose we start using the "Reviewer" field in MRs, as described > above and in the GitLab documentation. > > Any issue with that? > > Please share your thoughts by April 20. > > I'll update our doc once we're reached a

[Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.19

2021-04-20 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tails 4.19 is scheduled to be released on June 1. anonym will be the RM if the release date change does not make it impossible. Manual testers, please let tails...@boum.org know if you can do manual testing on: - May 31, late afternoon CEST - June 1st, morning CEST Cheers! __

[Tails-dev] Heads up! Release calendar has changed

2021-04-20 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Mozilla has updated their release calendar for 2021, so I've updated ours accordingly: d2d5aade36. Please adjust your plans accordingly. In particular, RMs should check if they can still do the release management shifts they had committed to do with different dates. Cheers!

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use the "Reviewer" field in GitLab MRs

2021-04-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Sandro Knauß (2021-04-14): >> > But there is issue - users need more privileges to set the >> > reviewer field. >> >> You're saying "more privileges" so I'd like to understand if it's >> "more than the current status" or "more than ideal". > > I mean more privileges, than I currently have for

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use the "Reviewer" field in GitLab MRs

2021-04-08 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Sandro Knauß (2021-04-07): > I like the request. Thanks for your feedback. > But there is issue - users need more privileges to set the > reviewer field. You're saying "more privileges" so I'd like to understand if it's "more than the current status" or "more than ideal". According to http

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: use the "Reviewer" field in GitLab MRs

2021-04-08 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Zen Fu (2021-04-07): > Another thing that could be explicitely documented is whether a reviewer > should/could merge code after a review or not. This may differ from team > to team because not always the assignee has privileges to merge. Maybe > we could explicitely say when we expect the revi

[Tails-dev] Proposal: use the "Reviewer" field in GitLab MRs

2021-04-06 Thread intrigeri
Hi, A few months ago, GitLab Inc. open-sourced the "Reviewer" feature for Merge Requests. This allows keeping track _independently_ of: - Who's responsible for bringing the MR to completion: the Assignee. - Who's responsible for reviewing the MR: the Reviewer. Some teams have been experiment

[Tails-dev] New build dependency: faketime

2021-03-24 Thread intrigeri
Hi, If you build Tails images, you now need faketime installed on your host system. (refs: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/381) Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/

[Tails-dev] Release schedule for Tails 4.18

2021-03-23 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tails 4.18 is scheduled for April 20. We don't know yet who'll be the release manager. I've started a discussion on the RM team to decide this. Dear tails-manual-testers@, please tell tails...@boum.org if you can do manual QA on: - April 19, afternoon/evening UTC - April 20, morning UTC

Re: [Tails-dev] Donation campaign analysis

2021-03-08 Thread intrigeri
Hi, sajolida (2021-03-09): > Below is my usual analysis of the donation campaign. Thanks, this was a pleasant read! (and not only because the results are good :) Congrats for this successful campaign. I am particularly glad that you've streamlined so much the process of running this campaign. I

Re: [Tails-dev] [tor-announce] Tor Browser 10.0.13 (Linux Only) is released

2021-03-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Matthew Finkel (2021-03-04): > Tor Browser 10.0.13 for Linux is now available from the Tor Browser > download page [1] and also from our distribution directory [2]. > [...] > Tor Browser 10.0.13 fixes instability on some Linux distributions. > > Please see the blog post [3] for more details

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 4.17 release schedule

2021-02-24 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Any code changes for 4.17 shall be merged by Friday, March 19, 16:00 UTC. No RC is planned for this release. Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, s

[Tails-dev] Updated test suite dependency: tor/buster-backports

2021-02-23 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Running our test suite on our devel branch requires tor 0.4.4.6 or newer installed on the host system. Otherwise, the tor client in the Tails system under test won't bootstrap. Our stable branch will soon have this requirement too. This will come with updated test suite setup doc and a versio

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 5.0 alpha ISO and 5.0 release date

2021-02-22 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Please take what I write bellow as very rough guesstimates, that can easily shift by 6 months. I expect we'll make clearer plans later this year, in August-September. gu...@boum.org (2021-02-17): > - if a Tails/Bullseye preview ISO will be built, if yes when? 2021Q4-2022Q1. > - if you alrea

Re: [Tails-dev] Tails, TOR not loading

2021-02-15 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Jackiechan797 via Tails-dev (2021-01-14): > I am a new user to Tails. When I try to launch Tor the network says it isn’t > ready. I waited hours and updated the date and time yet it still isn’t > working. Is there anything else I can do to try to connect to Tor? This is the mailing-list for

Re: [Tails-dev] decred installation on tails

2021-02-15 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Fanta (2021-02-12): > i tried to install decrediton wallet on tails but got this message in file I > attached. We don't support running third-party applications on Tails, sorry. Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.auti

Re: [Tails-dev] Displaying BIOS via HDMI

2021-02-15 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AC (2021-02-13): > Hi. I have a damage screen in my laptop so the only option is to use an > external monitor connected via HDMI. I would like to inform you right > away that my laptop does not have a VGA input because apparently this > type of screen is displayed without any problem so the

[Tails-dev] The future of monthly reports, 2021 edition [Was: Preparing the next monthly report]

2021-02-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, sajolida (2021-02-03): > I've curated ⅔ of reports since 2017 (I've asked sajolida for clarification privately as this is very different from the data I see. But anyway, this should not impact the analysis I did below.) > but I won't curate them anymore. > This monthly report dynamics has b

Re: [Tails-dev] Preparing the next monthly report

2021-02-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, geb (2021-02-01): > I was unable to find the page to edit on > https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/monthly_report/, or by downloading the > repo (https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wiki/git_access). > > Can someone please send the relevant address or clarify if I am missing > someth

Re: [Tails-dev] Rewrite live-persist as part of Persistent Storage settings rewrite

2021-01-28 Thread intrigeri
Hi, segfault (2021-01-07): > What do you think about that plan? FTR, I've discussed this privately with segfault a few weeks ago; he clarified the bits I was not sure I hand understood correctly and in the end I happily agreed with the plan. The only change we made IIRC was that we opened the po

Re: [Tails-dev] Patch

2021-01-26 Thread intrigeri
Hi kwadronaut, kwadronaut (2021-01-25): > From 4fcabb6ce26f219e8dd85bef994428bfe45dbeff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: kwadronaut > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:52:45 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] Update virt-manager Debian reference Thanks, applied! :) ___

[Tails-dev] Tails 4.16 release schedule

2021-01-25 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tails 4.16 is scheduled for February 23. I hope anonym will be the RM. tails-manual-test...@boum.org, please let tails...@boum.org know whether you can do manual testing on February 22 (mid/late afternoon UTC) or February 23 (morning UTC). Cheers!

Re: [Tails-dev] selling merch as Tails while outsourcing the effort - some concrete ideas

2021-01-20 Thread intrigeri
Hi, syster via Tails-dev (2021-01-19): > Question: > You want me to dick deeper into this topic, reaching out to more collectives > and document my findings? I can help to make the idea of selling merch more > concrete, thought I only continue furthering my investigation if there is > general i

[Tails-dev] [Announcement] Retiring git.tails.boum.org aka. git-tails.immerda.ch (sysadmin#17605)

2021-01-18 Thread intrigeri
tails - hybridwipe/tails - initramfs-tools - ikiwiki - ikiwiki2redmine - intrigeri/lintian - intrigeri/mat - intrigeri/openpgp-applet - intrigeri/tails-rewritten - intrigeri/ruby-fog-libvirt - intrigeri/vagrant-libvirt - jenkins.debian.net - jvoisin/tails - k3ypdw/tails - kevin/clock

Re: [Tails-dev] [announcement] Blueprints migration on 2021-01-14 (#18079) [Was: Proposal: migrate our blueprints to a GitLab wiki]

2021-01-14 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-01-13): > I expect the migration to be completed by 11:30 UTC tomorrow, but […] The migration is now completed. Our blueprints now live there: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/home Documentation: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/help/user/project/w

[Tails-dev] [announcement] Blueprints migration on 2021-01-14 (#18079) [Was: Proposal: migrate our blueprints to a GitLab wiki]

2021-01-13 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2021-01-12): > So, today I'll start planning & implementing the migration to a GitLab > wiki. At some point I'll have to make our blueprints read-only. > I'll share timing info once the migration steps are clearer to me. I've done all the preparati

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our blueprints to a GitLab wiki (#18079)

2021-01-12 Thread intrigeri
Hi, - Thanks to ignifugo's input we now know more about the non-wiki Git repository hosted on GitLab option. It's clearly a better option than how I initially presented it: some of the missing features I see as blockers are actually available. The lack of an easy way to attach files is n

Re: [Tails-dev] [brainstorm] What are our public XMPP chat rooms useful for? (#17956)

2021-01-05 Thread intrigeri
Hi, (dropping my facilitator hat for this message) intrigeri (2021-01-03): > So, my question is: > > What would we lose if we did not have any public chat room? > In other words: > > What new problems would we face if we did not have any public > chat room?

Re: [Tails-dev] language preferences

2021-01-05 Thread intrigeri
Hi, adamdex240 via Tails-dev (2021-01-04): > i want to report a little bug > i use arabic language plus english > every time i log in to tail$ os i repeat changing language preferences > can you plz solve and put it in welcome screen save language as MAC spoof and > system password? This feature

Re: [Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our blueprints to a GitLab wiki (#18079)

2021-01-03 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2021-01-03): >> intrigeri writes: >>> I've compared these 3 options on >>> https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18079 >> Thanks for the historic view and to all involved for the research. > yes, thanks for share the process about

[Tails-dev] [brainstorm] What are our public XMPP chat rooms useful for? (#17956)

2021-01-03 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Scope: "tails-dev" and "tails" public XMPP chat rooms. The server we currently use for our public XMPP chat rooms will stop operations later this year. First, I would like to better understand what these public chat rooms are currently useful for, for our project and its contributors. This w

[Tails-dev] Proposal: migrate our blueprints to a GitLab wiki (#18079)

2021-01-02 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Deadline if there are no major objections: January 9. This is because I'd like to do this migration before we start using blueprints intensively again while working on sponsor deliverables. In 2015 we decided to migrate our blueprints outside of our main Git repository. - Be able to push mo

[Tails-dev] Tails report for November 2020

2020-12-18 Thread intrigeri
Hi, The Tails report for November 2020 is out: https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2020_11/ Cheers! Title: Tails reportSimplified HTML Tails report, November 2020 Tails report for November, 2020 Releases Tails 4.13 was released on November 17. Tails 4.1

Re: [Tails-dev] Git submodules stuff polluting my repos

2020-12-15 Thread intrigeri
Hi sajolida, sajolida (2020-12-16): > fatal: remote error: FATAL: R any mirror-pool-dispatcher daemon DENIED > by fallthru > (or you mis-spelled the reponame) > Unable to fetch in submodule path 'submodules/mirror-pool-dispatcher' > fatal: remote error: FATAL: R any mirror-pool-dispatcher daemon

[Tails-dev] Tails 4.15 release schedule

2020-12-14 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Tails 4.14 is out. Thanks and congrats to everyone who helped make it happen! :) Tails 4.15 is scheduled for January 26. @manual testers: please tell Release Managers whether you're available for testing on January 25 (late afternoon UTC) or January 26 (morning UTC). @contributors: we did

Re: [Tails-dev] apt-get install doesnt work

2020-12-11 Thread intrigeri
Hi, This will be fixed in Tails 4.14. Please try this workaround: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18042#workaround ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from

Re: [Tails-dev] Preparing the next monthly report

2020-12-09 Thread intrigeri
Hi, ignifugo (2020-12-08): > The new report for the past month is quite ready! Yeah! > I think are missing only the numbers of users and the report > is ready. I've just added the stats. > For me is ok to publish. Will you prepare a MR for this, or should I do the whole publishing dance? (I c

[Tails-dev] Test suite dependencies update: Python XMPP and OTR packages

2020-12-04 Thread intrigeri
Hi, To run the test suite on current development branches (stable, devel, and branches forked off those), you'll now need these packages: apt install python3-potr python3-slixmpp And you can remove these: apt remove python-jabberbot python-potr Context: otr-bot.py was ported to Python 3 http

Re: [Tails-dev] tails firewall rules

2020-11-27 Thread intrigeri
BRBfGWMz (2020-11-26): > I think I asked this question a while back, but maybe it got missed. > > Is there a list of firewall rules for tails? I would like to check what > interface it runs on etc See "3.6.6 Network Filter" on https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/.

Re: [Tails-dev] Next release: 4.14, December 15

2020-11-19 Thread intrigeri
Hi, anonym (2020-11-17): > Tails 4.13 is scheduled for December 15, and intrigeri is the Release Manager. ^ 4 Dear developers, please ensure any change you want to see included in 4.14 is _merged_ by Saturday, December 12, noon CET. Che

Re: [Tails-dev] Simple suggestion - disable auto-maximizing windows

2020-11-18 Thread intrigeri
Hi, kittenkisser1--- via Tails-dev (2020-11-18): > Everytime I open Tails I run this simple command line: > > $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter edge-tiling false > > Without it it's easy to accidentally maximize the browser window, and that > can lead to de-anonymization. How can this lead to de-

Re: [Tails-dev] [Announcement] Test suite on Stretch|Buster: please update your setup

2020-11-17 Thread intrigeri
Hi, intrigeri (2020-09-19): > A month later, nobody answered this ⇒ I'll assume it's OK to stop > supporting running our test suite on Stretch at some point after > 2020-11-17. I've implemented this and will submit a MR shortly. Cheers! _

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