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21 msgid "[[!meta date=\"Fri Sep 6 09:09:39 2013\"]]\n"
26 msgid "[[!meta title=\"Tails report for August, 2013\"]]\n"
31 msgid "[[!toc levels=1]]\n"
41 "Tails 0.20 [[was released|news/version_0.20]] on the 9th of August. Tails "
42 "0.20.1 release is [scheduled](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-"
43 "dev/2013-August/003502.html) for September 19."
53 "190 521 connections of Tails to the Tor network. This makes a boot every 14 "
54 "seconds on average. This is an approximation from the requests made to the "
55 "security announcements feed when Tails is connected to Tor."
59 msgid "- 93 non-empty bug reports were received through WhisperBack."
64 "57 222 downloads of the OpenPGP signature of Tails ISO from our website."
74 "A new contributor (a.kuckartz) has started to debug what appears to be "
75 "incompatibilities between our Vagrant setup and the current state of Debian "
76 "unstable ([[!tails_ticket 6221]])."
81 "Some initial steps [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/fix_virtualbox_dkms_build "
82 "desc=\"were taken\"]] to get VirtualBox guest modules back ([[!tails_ticket "
88 "A branch to [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/unmount-persistent-volume-on-"
89 "shutdown desc=\"properly umount the persistent volume on shutdown\"]] was "
90 "prepared. Thanks to Steven J. Murdoch for the [[!tails_ticket 6228 desc="
91 "\"useful bug report\"]]."
95 msgid "- The additional software upgrade notification failure message"
101 " bugfix/additional-software-upgrade-failed-message desc=\"now points\n"
102 " the user to the system log\"]] so that they have a chance to debug it\n"
103 " ([[!tails_ticket 6211]]).\n"
106 #. type: Bullet: '- '
108 "The I2P IRC network preset in Pidgin [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/i2p-irc-"
109 "in-pidgin desc=\"was corrected\"]]."
112 #. type: Bullet: '- '
114 "Some initial work to [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/consistent-peristence-"
115 "path desc=\"have a consistent persistence path\"]] was done ([[!tails_ticket "
119 #. type: Bullet: '- '
121 "Some sanity checks in our test suite [[!tails_gitweb_branch test/fix-iso-"
122 "reporting desc=\"were fixed\"]]. Another [[!tails_gitweb_branch test/"
123 "firewall-check-tag desc=\"set of test suite improvements\"]] has seen "
127 #. type: Bullet: '- '
129 "Starting with Tails 0.20.1, bug reports sent with WhisperBack will [[!"
130 "tails_gitweb_branch feature/tails-bugs desc=\"be sent to a dedicated "
131 "(encrypted) mailing-list\"]]."
134 #. type: Bullet: '- '
136 "GnuPG now [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/GnuPG-no-emit-version desc=\"uses --"
137 "no-emit-version\"]]."
140 #. type: Bullet: '- '
142 "Switch to [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/linux-3.10-2 desc=\"Linux "
143 "3.10-2\"]] from Debian unstable."
148 msgid "Documentation and Website\n"
151 #. type: Bullet: '- '
153 "A new contributor (Vigdis) posted drafts to [document why Tor is slow]"
154 "(https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-August/003421.html) and "
155 "[update the persistence path in the documentation](https://git-tails.immerda."
156 "ch/vigdis/tails/log/?h=doc/update-persistence-path). Congrats! ([[!"
157 "tails_ticket 5641]])"
160 #. type: Bullet: '- '
162 "A new contributor (carmie) proposed [logo ideas](https://mailman.boum.org/"
163 "pipermail/tails-dev/2013-August/003382.html) ([[!tails_ticket 5797]]). "
167 #. type: Bullet: '- '
169 "The installation documentation [[!tails_gitweb_commit "
170 "91b796c9180b26cc22460c62e2fe3dfbafce4d95 desc=\"was improved\"]] to mention "
171 "USB sticks and SD card adapters with read-only switches. Some [[!"
172 "tails_gitweb_commit 5fb52dfaed1fcd2dd40b4b93bcb5dd38bba32573 desc=\"style "
173 "improvements\"]] were done too."
176 #. type: Bullet: '- '
178 "The website now [[advertises|about]] the use of Tails as a censorship "
179 "circumvention tool, too."
182 #. type: Bullet: '- '
184 "A workaround to verify ISO integrity on other operating systems [[!"
185 "tails_gitweb_commit 91efa6597619e156fc764caece9a52c7f5c5624a desc=\"was "
189 #. type: Bullet: '- '
191 "The manual USB installation documentation [[!tails_gitweb_commit "
192 "58c80f43dc48c610bc847d12400b610e8fb0adfc desc=\"now recommends\"]] using "
193 "`dd` instead of `cat` (so that those who need it can easily prefix it with "
197 #. type: Bullet: '- '
199 "A revised cold-boot attack documentation [was drafted](https://git-tails."
200 "immerda.ch/mercedes508/tails/log/?h=doc/cold-boot-attack) and [proposed for "
201 "review](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-August/003427."
206 msgid "- The shiny new tails-support mailing-list [[was documented|support]]."
209 #. type: Bullet: '- '
211 "The [[news]] page now has a form to subscribe to amnesia-news and mentions "
217 msgid "On-going discussions\n"
220 #. type: Bullet: '- '
222 "We [further discussed](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-"
223 "August/003367.html) carmie's [proposals](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/"
224 "tails-dev/2013-July/003339.html) to [[!tails_ticket 6165 desc=\"improve the "
225 "visibility of links\"]] on top of the contribute page."
228 #. type: Bullet: '- '
230 "Jacob Appelbaum [started a discussion](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/"
231 "tails-dev/2013-August/003393.html) about Tahoe-LAFS, Tor and Tails. It "
232 "should now be clear what kind of work is needed to make some integration "
236 #. type: Bullet: '- '
238 "It was [suggested](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-"
239 "August/003468.html) to tweak the GnuPG configuration in various ways."
242 #. type: Bullet: '- '
244 "We [discussed](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-"
245 "August/003492.html) how to handle divergence of bundled packages due to "
251 msgid "Infrastructure\n"
254 #. type: Bullet: '- '
256 "To make our infrastructure more reliable, we are still [[!tails_ticket 6185 "
257 "desc=\"organizing to get a system\"]] that will act as a fail-over for our "
261 #. type: Bullet: '- '
263 "We better shared access to the round-robin DNS that gathers our HTTP "
264 "mirrors. (Many thanks to those who host the mirrors, by the way!)"
267 #. type: Bullet: '- '
269 "We created a bunch of [sysadmin tickets](https://labs.riseup.net/code/"
270 "projects/tails/issues?query_id=113) as a step towards being able to ask for "
271 "help in this area first, and towards being able to actually share the work "
272 "with the volunteers that will show up once we have sent our call for help. "
281 #. type: Bullet: '- '
283 "The short-term funding project we have with sponsor Bravo is still slowly "
284 "going through the paperwork stage."
287 #. type: Bullet: '- '
289 "The bounties program is moving forward (slower than we may have hoped, but "
294 msgid "- We keep working on a funding proposal to be sent to sponsor Foxtrot."