intrigeri: > Hi, > > Georg Koppen: >> intrigeri: >>> This relaxes me a bit regarding #27466, #26553, and #28044 >>> (Tor bugs, not Tails tickets). > >> No worries about those. We think we don't get those bugs into a stable >> release shape for 8.5. They will be 9.0 material if at all. > > OK, so in the end it looks like 8.5 should not bring big changes for > us (at least not those we had on our radar already as potential deal > breakers).
One big thing we'll get into 8.5 and that is still missing in the current alphas is the redesign of our security controls, see: #25658 for details. Not sure how this affects Tails, though. >>> Does this mean that the first 8.5.x release that has *no* >>> corresponding 8.0.x will be the 2019-05-14 one? > >> I am not sure exactly what you mean but let me come up with my best >> guess. :) > >> Assuming there are _no_ emergency releases in between, then the release >> planned for 2019-05-14 will be the first stable release picking up >> Firefox security bug fixes that will be based on 8.5 while the >> corresponding alpha will be 9.0aX. > > What I need to understand is essentially: what's our deadline to make > sure Tails is ready to ship Tor Browser 8.5. > > I think I now understood that: > > * If there's an emergency release, late March or in April, then it > may be based on 8.5 (depending on how ready the 8.5 tree is). > > * Else, if there's no emergency release between the time the 8.5 tree > is ready to be called stable, and May 14, then the first Tor > Browser 8.5 release Tails needs to ship will be the May 14 one. > > It follows that Tails needs to be ready before late March to upgrade > to 8.5, in case there's an emergency release. I think that's correct. Georg
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