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

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Matthew Finkel
CC: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [tor-qa] Tor Browser 10.5a17 is ready for testing
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.
>
> The other changes in 10.5 shouldn't impact Tails (afaik):
>   - Adding support for snowflake
>   - Adding warning page when visiting a v2 onion address (global, once
>     per session)
>   - Dropping support for CentOS 6


Thanks! I'll do my best to try integrating 10.5 in a topic branch this
week, so we can spot any issue — e.g. with TOR_USE_LEGACY_LAUNCHER —
as soon as possible.

Cheers,
--
i.