Hi, here's the Tails report for May, 2013.
Releases ======== Tails 0.18 was released on May 18: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.18/ Metrics ======= - 128 676 connections of Tails to the Tor network. This makes a boot every 21 seconds on average (this is an approximation from the requests made to the security announcements feed when Tails is connected to Tor). - 51 non-empty bug reports were received through WhisperBack. - 630 comments were posted on the forum, with 143 signed by Tails. Code ==== - We had a "low-hanging fruits" session on May 22, that was attended by three persons. https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003076.html - Some important bugs were fixed in tails-greeter, thanks to winterfairy! http://git.immerda.ch/?p=tails/tails-greeter.git;a=summary - A branch to install Linux 3.8 was developed and merged. It triggered a bug in the Persistent Volume Assistant, that was fixed. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/linux-3.8 http://git.immerda.ch/?p=tails/persistence-setup.git;a=commit;h=c94d7432e649ff9b7974559b28b881ddf89f3ed0 - The automatic re-installation of additional software packages feature was improved. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remember_installed_packages - live-boot 3.x final is now installed, and the old compatibility symlinks were removed. Same for live-config 3.x final. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/live-boot_3.0_final http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remove_live-boot_compatibility_symlinks http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/live-config_3.0_final - A bug that made it a pain to use our OpenPGP applet was partially fixed. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bugfix/gpgapplet_do_not_erase_clipboard - More work was done to remove GNOME proxy settings. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remove_gnome_proxy_settings - A branch to update virt-what was proposed. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/newer_virt-what - A branch to use bilibop was proposed. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/bilibop - Some preliminary work was done to get our nice custom boot splash screen back. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/tails-plymouth-theme - A smtube backport was prepared. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/smtube - Some post-Wheezy work was done. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/wheezy-security_APT_source http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bugfix/post-wheezy_pinning - More precise plans were drawn about the future of tails-greeter. https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003099.html - Various TBB settings were imported. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/torbrowser Documentation and Website ========================= - The end-user documentation about `feature/set-wireless-devices-state' was reviewed and improved. http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/set-wireless-devices-state - The Tails specification and design document received various minor updates and improvements, as did the release process documentation. https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/ - Tons of old forum posts were cleaned up, as part of our effort to import valuable existing knowledge from there into the upcoming Q&A website. On-going discussions ==================== - We've discussed inclusion of Martus in Tails. - Deanonymization potential by the desktop user. https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003078.html - Adding support for keeping entry guards. https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003111.html - Removing Iceweasel popups that confuse (some) users https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003109.html Infrastructure ============== Various bits were updated to reflect the fact that Debian Wheezy was released. Funding ======= - We went on working on a grant application for more long-term funding with sponsor Foxtrot. - Draft contracts were sent to the bounties candidates. Some have started working on their bounty! Cheers, -- Tails folks _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev