1 [[!meta date="Fri Jun 7 12:26:39 2013"]]
2 [[!meta title="Tails report for May, 2013"]]
9 Tails 0.18 [[was released|news/version_0.18]] on May 18.
14 - 128 676 connections of Tails to the Tor network. This makes a boot
15 every 21 seconds on average (this is an approximation from the
16 requests made to the security announcements feed when Tails is
19 - 51 non-empty bug reports were received through WhisperBack.
21 - 630 comments were posted on the forum, with 143 signed by Tails.
26 - We had a ["low-hanging fruits"
27 session](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003076.html)
28 on May 22, that was attended by three persons.
30 - Some important bugs [were fixed in
31 tails-greeter](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/greeter),
32 thanks to winterfairy!
34 - A [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/linux-3.8 desc="branch to install
35 Linux 3.8"]] was developed and merged. It triggered a bug in the
36 Persistent Volume Assistant, that [was
37 fixed](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/persistence-setup/commit/?id=c94d7432e649ff9b7974559b28b881ddf89f3ed0).
39 - The automatic re-installation of additional software packages
40 feature [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/remember_installed_packages
41 desc="was improved"]].
43 - live-boot 3.x final [[!tails_gitweb_branch
44 feature/live-boot_3.0_final desc="is now installed"]], and the old
45 compatibility symlinks [[!tails_gitweb_branch
46 feature/remove_live-boot_compatibility_symlinks "were removed"]].
47 Same for [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/live-boot_3.0_final
48 desc="live-config 3.x final"]].
50 - A bug that made it a pain to use our OpenPGP applet
51 [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/gpgapplet_do_not_erase_clipboard
52 desc="was partially fixed"]].
54 - More work [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/remove_gnome_proxy_settings
55 desc="was done"]] to remove GNOME proxy settings.
57 - A [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/newer_virt-what desc="branch to
58 update virt-what"]] was proposed.
60 - A [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/bilibop desc="branch to use
61 bilibop"]] was proposed.
63 - Some [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/tails-plymouth-theme
64 desc="preliminary work was done"]] to get our nice custom boot
67 - A smtube backport [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/smtube desc="was
70 - Some post-Wheezy work [[!tails_gitweb_branch
71 bugfix/post-wheezy_pinning desc="was"]] [[!tails_gitweb_branch
72 feature/wheezy-security_APT_source desc="done"]].
74 - More precise plans [were
75 drawn](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003099.html)
76 about the future of tails-greeter.
78 - Various TBB settings [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/torbrowser
79 desc="were imported"]].
81 Documentation and Website
82 =========================
84 - The end-user documentation about [[!tails_gitweb_branch
85 feature/set-wireless-devices-state]] was reviewed and improved.
87 - The Tails [[specification and design document|contribute/design]]
88 received various minor updates and improvements, as did the release
89 process documentation.
91 - Tons of old forum posts were cleaned up, as part of our effort to
92 import valuable existing knowledge from there into the upcoming
98 - We've discussed inclusion of Martus in Tails.
100 - [Deanonymization potential by the desktop
101 user](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003078.html).
103 - [Adding support for keeping entry
104 guards](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003111.html).
106 - [Removing Iceweasel popups that confuse (some)
107 users](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003109.html).
112 Various bits were updated to reflect the fact that Debian Wheezy
118 - We went on working on a grant application for more long-term
119 funding with sponsor Foxtrot.
121 - Draft contracts were sent to the bounties candidates. Some have
122 started working on their bounty!