1 [[!meta date="Thu Jul 4 17:26:39 2013"]]
2 [[!meta title="Tails report for June, 2013"]]
9 Tails 0.19 [[was released|news/version_0.19]] on June 26.
14 - 140 517 connections of Tails to the Tor network. This makes a boot
15 every 18.5 seconds on average (this is an approximation from the
16 requests made to the security announcements feed when Tails is
19 - 66 non-empty bug reports were received through WhisperBack.
21 - 110 comments were posted on the forum, with 32 signed by Tails,
27 - Tails was [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/linux-3.9 desc="upgraded"]]
30 - The [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/set-wireless-devices-state]]
31 branch was merged, eventually.
33 - We tried to get in touch with the WiNoN developers. No reply so far.
35 - Many branches were merged just in time for the 0.19 freeze.
37 - Two [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/no_passwordless_sudo
38 desc="serious"]] [[!tails_gitweb_branch
39 bugfix/buggy_aufs_vs_unsafe-browser_workaround desc="bugs"]] were
40 discovered while testing 0.19~rc1, and fixed for 0.19 final.
41 This reinforces our conviction that we should run our test suite
42 automatically as soon as possible.
44 - Some solutions to [[get rid of the JRuby
45 mess|todo/test_suite:_getting_rid_of_the_jruby_mess]] were
48 - Access restriction to ptrace was [[!tails_gitweb_branch
49 feature/restrict-access-to-ptrace desc="updated for the upcoming
52 - The Iceweasel warning when leaving HTTPS [[!tails_gitweb_branch
53 bugfix/dont-warn-when-leaving-https desc="was disabled"]]. Thanks to
54 winterfairy for the initial patch.
57 engine|todo/fix_localized_iceweasel_search_engine]] bug
58 [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/localized-iceweasel-search-engine
61 - Git over HTTPS [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/git-https desc="was
64 - All Pidgin protocols but IRC and Jabber/XMPP [[!tails_gitweb_branch
65 feature/less-pidgin-code desc="were disabled"]].
67 - The WhisperBack help [[!tails_gitweb_branch
68 feature/update_whisperback_help desc="was partly updated"]].
70 - Information about Alsa [[!tails_gitweb_branch
71 feature/alsa-info-in-bug-reports desc="was added"]] to
74 - The "remember additional packages" feature was
75 [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/new_persistence_location
76 desc="adapted"]] to work with newer live-boot.
78 Documentation and Website
79 =========================
81 - We [[closed the forum|forum]].
83 - We decided not to follow Tor to StackExchange yet. We need more time
84 to decide what we will do, now that our previously preferred option
87 - The release process was automated a bit. So was our custom Iceweasel
88 package release process.
90 Localization and Internationalization
91 =====================================
93 - Our POT files were [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/merge-pot-files
94 desc="merged"]] first, and then we [[!tails_gitweb_branch
95 feature/intltoolize desc="intltoolize'd" our translation system.
96 This should help pushing these strings to Transifex.
101 - [Flashproxy](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003121.html)
103 - [Accessibility for blind and visually impaired users](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003135.html)
105 - [Making the boot medium read-only](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003139.html)
107 - [Wrong MIME type returned for ISO signatures](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003200.html)
109 - [Download over HTTP by default?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003211.html)
111 - [Network fingerprint](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-June/003216.html)
116 - Our Git repositories are now all [hosted in a central
117 place](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/)
118 ([[documentation|contribute/git]]). Thanks a lot to immerda.ch for
119 their continued support!
121 - We worked on improving backups for our infrastructure.
126 - We kept working on funding with sponsor Foxtrot.
128 - We are working on short-term funding with sponsor Bravo.
130 - The way we will contract bounty hunters was rebooted. Stay tuned.