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   3 [[!meta date="2014-13-07 01:23:45"]]
   4
   5 <p>You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the
   6 upcoming version 0.23 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.</p>
   7
   8 [[!toc levels=1]]
   9
  10 <h1>How to test Tails 0.23~rc1?</h1>
  11
  12 <ol>
  13   <li>
  14     <p>
  15       <strong>Keep in mind that this is a test image.</strong> We have made sure
  16       that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
  17       undiscovered issues.
  18     </p>
  19   </li>
  20   <li>
  21     <p>Download the ISO image and its signature:</p>
  22     <p>
  23       <a class="download-file"
  24          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-i386-0.23~rc1/tails-i386-0.23~rc1.iso"
  25       >Tails 0.23~rc1 ISO image</a>
  26     </p>
  27     <p>
  28       <a class="download-signature"
  29          href="https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-0.23~rc1.iso.sig
  30 "
  31       >Tails 0.23~rc1 signature</a>
  32     </p>
  33   </li>
  34   <li>
  35     <p>
  36       [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
  37     </p>
  38   </li>
  39   <li>
  40     <p>
  41       Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
  42       of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
  43       issues|support/known_issues]].
  44     </p>
  45   </li>
  46   <li>
  47     <p>
  48       Test wildly!
  49     </p>
  50   </li>
  51 </ol>
  52
  53 <p>If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
  54 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
  55 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
  56 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].</p>
  57
  58 <h1>How to automatically upgrade from 0.22.1?</h1>
  59
  60 <p>
  61   These steps allow you to automatically upgrade a device installed
  62   with <span class="application">Tails Installer</span> from Tails
  63   0.22.1 to Tails 0.23~rc1 using the <span class="application">Tails
  64   Upgrader</span>:
  65 </p>
  66
  67 <ul>
  68   <li>
  69     <p>
  70       Start Tails 0.22.1 and [[set an administration
  71       password|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password]].
  72     </p>
  73   </li>
  74   <li>
  75     <p>
  76       Run this command in a <span class="application">Terminal</span>
  77       to select the "alpha" upgrade channel and start the upgrade:
  78       <pre><code>echo 'TAILS_CHANNEL="alpha"' | sudo tee --append /etc/os-release && \
  79 tails-upgrade-frontend-wrapper</code></pre>
  80     </p>
  81   </li>
  82 </ul>
  83
  84 <h1>What's new since 0.22.1?</h1>
  85
  86 <ul>
  87
  88 <li>Major improvements</li>
  89 <ul>
  90   <li>
  91     <p>
  92       Spoof the network interfaces' MAC address by default (Closes:
  93       [[!tails_ticket 5421]]), as specified in our on [[design
  94       document|contribute/design/MAC_address]] .
  95     </p>
  96   </li>
  97   <li>
  98     <p>
  99       Rework the way to configure how Tor connects to the network
 100       (bridges, proxies, restrictive firewalls): add an option to
 101       Tails Greeter, start Tor Launcher when needed (Closes:
 102       [[!tails_ticket 5920]], [[!tails_ticket 5343]]).
 103     </p>
 104   </li>
 105 </ul>
 106
 107 <li><p>Bugfixes</p></li>
 108 <ul>
 109   <li>
 110     <p>
 111       Additional software: do not crash when persistence is
 112       disabled (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6440]]).
 113     </p>
 114   </li>
 115   <li>
 116     <p>
 117       Upgrade Pidgin to 2.10.9, that fixes some regressions introduced
 118       in the 2.10.8 security update (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6661]]).
 119     </p>
 120   </li>
 121   <li>
 122     <p>
 123       Wait for Tor to have fully bootstrapped, plus a bit more time,
 124       before checking for upgrades (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6728]])
 125       and unfixed known security issues.
 126     </p>
 127   </li>
 128   <li>
 129     <p>
 130       Disable the Intel Management Engine Interface driver (Closes:
 131       [[!tails_ticket 6460]]). We don't need it in Tails, it might be
 132       dangerous, and it causes bugs on various hardware such as
 133       systems that reboot when asked to shut down.
 134     </p>
 135   </li>
 136   <li>
 137     <p>
 138       Add a launcher for the Tails documentation. This makes it
 139       available in Windows Camouflage mode (Closes: [[!tails_ticket
 140       5374]], [[!tails_ticket 6767]]).
 141     </p>
 142   </li>
 143   <li>
 144     <p>
 145       Remove the obsolete wikileaks.de account from Pidgin (Closes:
 146       [[!tails_ticket 6807]]).
 147     </p>
 148   </li>
 149 </ul>
 150
 151 <li><p>Minor improvements</p></li>
 152 <ul>
 153   <li>
 154     <p>
 155       Upgrade Tor to 0.2.4.21-1~d60.squeeze+1.
 156     </p>
 157   </li>
 158   <li>
 159     <p>
 160       Upgrade obfsproxy to 0.2.6-2~~squeeze+1.
 161     </p>
 162   </li>
 163   <li>
 164     <p>
 165       Upgrade I2P to 0.9.11-1deb6u1.
 166     </p>
 167   </li>
 168   <li>
 169     <p>
 170       Install 64-bit kernel instead of the 686-pae one (Closes:
 171       [[!tails_ticket 5456]]). This is a necessary first step towards
 172       UEFI boot support.
 173     </p>
 174   </li>
 175   <li>
 176     <p>
 177       Install Monkeysign (in a not-so-functional shape yet).
 178     </p>
 179   </li>
 180   <li>
 181     <p>
 182       Disable the autologin text consoles (Closes: [[!tails_ticket
 183       5588]]). This was one of the blockers before a screen saver can
 184       be installed in a meaningful way ([[!tails_ticket 5684]]).
 185     </p>
 186   </li>
 187   <li>
 188     <p>
 189       Don't localize the text consoles anymore: it is broken on
 190       Wheezy, the intended users can as well use loadkeys, and we now
 191       do not have to trust setupcon to be safe for being run as root
 192       by the desktop user.
 193     </p>
 194   </li>
 195   <li>
 196     <p>
 197       Make it possible to manually start IBus.
 198     </p>
 199   </li>
 200   <li>
 201     <p>
 202       Reintroduce the possibility to switch identities in the Tor
 203       Browser, using a filtering proxy in front of the Tor ControlPort
 204       to avoid giving full control over Tor to the desktop user
 205       (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6383]]).
 206     </p>
 207   </li>
 208   <li>
 209     <p>
 210       Incremental upgrades improvements:
 211     </p>
 212     <ul>
 213       <li>
 214         <p>
 215           Drop the Tails Upgrader launcher, to limit users' confusion
 216           (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6513]]).
 217         </p>
 218       </li>
 219       <li>
 220         <p>
 221           Lock down sudo credentials a bit.
 222         </p>
 223       </li>
 224       <li>
 225         <p>
 226           Hide debugging information (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6505]]).
 227         </p>
 228       </li>
 229       <li>
 230         <p>
 231           Include ~/.xsession-errors in WhisperBack bug reports. This
 232           captures the Tails Upgrader errors and debugging
 233           information.
 234         </p>
 235       </li>
 236       <li>
 237         <p>
 238           Report more precisely why an incremental upgrade cannot be done
 239           (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6575]]).
 240         </p>
 241       </li>
 242       <li>
 243         <p>
 244           Various user interface and phrasing improvements.
 245         </p>
 246       </li>
 247     </ul>
 248   </li>
 249   <li>
 250     <p>
 251       Don't install the Cookie Monster browser extension (Closes:
 252       [[!tails_ticket 6790]]).
 253     </p>
 254   </li>
 255   <li>
 256     <p>
 257       Add a browser bookmark pointing to Tor's Stack Exchange
 258       (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6632]]).
 259     </p>
 260   </li>
 261   <li>
 262     <p>
 263       Remove the preconfigured #tor channel from Pidgin: apparently,
 264       too many Tails users go ask Tails questions there, without
 265       making it clear that they are running Tails, hence creating a
 266       user-support nightmare (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6679]]).
 267     </p>
 268   </li>
 269   <li>
 270     <p>
 271       Use (most of) Tor Browser's mozconfig (Closes: [[!tails_ticket
 272       6474]]).
 273     </p>
 274   </li>
 275   <li>
 276     <p>
 277       Rebase the browser on top of iceweasel 24.3.0esr-1, to get the
 278       certificate authorities added by Debian back (Closes:
 279       [[!tails_ticket 6704]]).
 280     </p>
 281   </li>
 282   <li>
 283     <p>
 284       Give access to the relevant documentation pages from Tails
 285       Greeter.
 286     </p>
 287   </li>
 288   <li>
 289     <p>
 290       Hide Tails Greeter's password mismatch warning when entry is
 291       changed.
 292     </p>
 293   </li>
 294   <li>
 295     <p>
 296       Persistent Volume Assistant:
 297     </p>
 298     <ul>
 299       <li>
 300         <p>
 301           Take into account our installer is now called Tails
 302           Installer.
 303         </p>
 304       </li>
 305       <li>
 306         <p>
 307           Optimize window height (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 5458]]).
 308         </p>
 309       </li>
 310       <li>
 311         <p>
 312           Display device paths in a more user-friendly way (Closes:
 313           [[!tails_ticket 5311]]).
 314         </p>
 315       </li>
 316     </ul>
 317   </li>
 318 </ul>
 319
 320 <li>Build system</li>
 321 <ul>
 322   <li>
 323     <p>
 324       Ease updating POT and PO files at release time, and importing
 325       translations from Transifex (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6288]],
 326       [[!tails_ticket 6207]]).
 327     </p>
 328   </li>
 329   <li>
 330     <p>
 331       Drop custom poedit backport, install it from
 332       squeeze-backports-sloppy.
 333     </p>
 334   </li>
 335   <li>
 336     <p>
 337       Make ISO and IUK smaller (Closes: [[!tails_ticket 6390]],
 338       [[!tails_ticket 6425]]):
 339     </p>
 340     <ul>
 341       <li>
 342         <p>
 343           Exclude more files from being included in the ISO.
 344         </p>
 345       </li>
 346       <li>
 347         <p>
 348           Remove *.pyc later so that they are not recreated.
 349         </p>
 350       </li>
 351       <li>
 352         <p>
 353           Truncate log files later so that they are not filled again.
 354         </p>
 355       </li>
 356       <li>
 357         <p>
 358           At ISO build time, set mtime to the epoch for large files
 359           whose content generally does not change between
 360           releases. This forces rsync to compare the actual content of
 361           these files, when preparing an IUK, instead of blindly
 362           adding it to the IUK merely because the mtime has changed,
 363           while the content is the same.
 364         </p>
 365       </li>
 366       <li>
 367         <p>
 368           Make local hooks logging consistent.
 369         </p>
 370       </li>
 371     </ul>
 372   </li>
 373 </ul>
 374
 375 <li>Test suite</li>
 376 <ul>
 377   <li>
 378     <p>
 379       Migrate from JRuby to native Ruby + rjb.
 380     </p>
 381   </li>
 382   <li>
 383     <p>
 384       The test suite can now be run on Debian Wheezy +
 385       backports.
 386     </p>
 387   </li>
 388   <li>
 389     <p>
 390       Fix buggy "persistence is not enabled" step (Closes:
 391       [[!tails_ticket 5465]]).
 392     </p>
 393   </li>
 394   <li>
 395     <p>
 396       Use IPv6 private address as of RFC 4193 for the test suite's
 397       virtual network. Otherwise dnsmasq from Wheezy complains, as it
 398       is not capable of handling public IPv6 addresses.
 399     </p>
 400   </li>
 401   <li>
 402     <p>
 403       Delete volumes after each scenario unless tagged
 404       @keep_volumes.
 405     </p>
 406   </li>
 407   <li>
 408     <p>
 409       Add an anti-test to make sure the memory erasure test works
 410       fine.
 411     </p>
 412   </li>
 413   <li>
 414     <p>
 415       A *lot* of bugfixes, simplifications and robustness
 416       improvements.
 417     </p>
 418   </li>
 419 </ul>
 420
 421 </ul>
 422
 423 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.23~rc1</h1>
 424
 425 <ul>
 426   <li>
 427     <p>
 428       Selecting a non-English locale [[!tails_ticket 6885
 429       desc="breaks bridge mode"]].
 430     </p>
 431   </li>
 432 </ul>
 433
 434 <p>
 435   All these issues are being worked on and will hopefully be fixed in
 436   Tails 0.23.
 437 </p>