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   1 [[!meta date="2012-10-15 23:45:60 +0200"]]
   2 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.15~rc1"]]
   3
   4 <p>You can help Tails! The <em>first</em> release candidate for the upcoming
   5 version 0.15 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.</p>
   6
   7 [[!toc levels=1]]
   8
   9 <h1>How to test Tails 0.15~rc1?</h1>
  10
  11 <ol>
  12   <li>
  13     <p>
  14       <strong>Keep in mind that this is a test image.</strong> We have made sure
  15       that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
  16       undiscovered issues.
  17     </p>
  18   </li>
  19   <li>
  20     <p>Download the ISO image and its signature:</p>
  21     <p>
  22       <a class="download-file"
  23          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.15~rc1/tails-i386-0.15~rc1.iso"
  24       >Tails 0.15~rc1 ISO image</a>
  25     </p>
  26     <p>
  27       <a class="download-signature"
  28          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.15~rc1/tails-i386-0.15~rc1.iso.pgp"
  29       >Tails 0.15~rc1 signature</a>
  30     </p>
  31   </li>
  32   <li>
  33     <p>
  34       [[Verify the ISO image|download#index3h1]].
  35     </p>
  36   </li>
  37   <li>
  38     <p>
  39       Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
  40       of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
  41       issues|support/known_issues]].
  42     </p>
  43   </li>
  44   <li>
  45     <p>
  46       Test wildly!
  47     </p>
  48   </li>
  49 </ol>
  50
  51 <p>If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
  52 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
  53 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
  54 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].</p>
  55
  56 <h1>What's new since 0.14?</h1>
  57
  58 <ul>
  59   <li>Major new features
  60     <ul>
  61       <li>Persistence for browser bookmarks.</li>
  62       <li>Support for obfsproxy bridges.</li>
  63     </ul>
  64   </li>
  65   <li>Minor improvements
  66     <ul>
  67       <li>Add the Hangul Input Method Engine for SCIM.</li>
  68       <li>Add vendor-specific dpkg origin information. This makes
  69       <code>dpkg-vendor</code> return correct information.</li>
  70       <li>Install <code>pcscd</code> and <code>libccid</code> from
  71       <code>squeeze-backports</code>. This is
  72       needed to support, to some extent, some OpenPGP SmartCard readers.</li>
  73       <li>Install HPIJS PPD files. Note that this depends on IJS driver
  74       (hpijs), and adds support for some printers, such as Xerox
  75       DocumentCenter400.</li>
  76       <li>Use LCD-optimized fonts.</li>
  77       <li>Update TrueCrypt to version 7.1a.</li>
  78     </ul>
  79   </li>
  80   <li>Bugfixes
  81     <ul>
  82       <li>Do not use pdnsd anymore. It has been orphaned in Debian, has quite
  83       some bugs in there, and apparently Tor's <code>DNSPort</code>'s own caching is
  84       be good enough.</li>
  85       <li>Remove useless iceweasel cookies exceptions. They are useless as
  86       per-session cookies are allowed.</li>
  87       <li>Do not run <code>setupcon</code> on X. This call is only needed on the Linux
  88       console, no need to annoy the user with a weird "Press enter to
  89       activate this console" when the open a root shell in a GNOME
  90       Terminal.</li>
  91       <li>Allow the <code>tails-iuk-get-target-file</code> user to connect to the
  92       <code>SOCKSPort</code> dedicated for Tails-specific software.</li>
  93     </ul>
  94   </li>
  95   <li>
  96     Iceweasel
  97     <ul>
  98       <li>User profile is now generated at build time in order to support
  99         persistent bookmarks.</li>
 100       <li>Update HTTPS Everywhere to version 3.0.4.</li>
 101       <li>Update NoScript to version 2.6.</li>
 102       <li>Fix bookmark to I2P router console.</li>
 103       <li>Re-enable Monkeysphere extension to connect to the validation
 104         agent.</li>
 105     </ul>
 106   </li>
 107   <li>
 108     Build system
 109     <ul>
 110       <li>Custom packages are now retrieved from Tails APT repository instead
 111         of bloating the Git repository.</li>
 112       <li>Allow '~' in wiki filenames. This makes it possible to ship
 113         update-description files for release candidates.</li>
 114       <li>Document how to create incremental update kit.</li>
 115     </ul>
 116   </li>
 117 </ul>
 118
 119 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.15~rc1</h1>
 120
 121 <h2>Wrong distribution in APT sources</h2>
 122
 123 <p>APT is configured to use the <code>devel</code> distribution on Tails custom
 124 [[APT repository|contribute/APT_repository]]. It should have used <code>0.15-rc1</code>
 125 instead. The latter provides a stable source for package installation whereas
 126 packages can be uploaded in <code>devel</code> at anytime, without having received
 127 much tests.</p>
 128
 129 <p>If you want to install custom packages, it is recommended that
 130 you first replace <code>devel</code> by <code>0.15-rc1</code> in <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> before updating the package lists.</p>