Re: [Tails-dev] After Tails 0.11 - a vision

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03/31/2012 02:09 AM, intrigeri:
> Hi,
>
> it's likely much of April will be spent on polishing and releasing
> Tails 0.11.
>
> Once this is done, we will have shipped a few major new features into
> the wild. Once this is done, I hereby propose we pause implementation
> of big new features for a short while, and instead focus on two areas
> where, I think, we are lagging behind:
>
> * re-scaling our _infrastructure_
> * connecting back to our immediate _surroundings_
>
> This proposal is not aimed at preventing anyone from implementing new
> features. It's about outlining a general direction I propose we
> collectively take.


I like you vision and it aligns very well with my long term plan for
post-0.11 times (design and implementation of the "automated builds and
tests" task).

I just want to emphasize that since tails-greeter and persistence
finally is here we really should finish all the things that essentially
have been in a "wait until tails-greeter/persistence is done"-state.
Some of these are rather trivial [1] but some are (at least potentially)
a bit more involved [2]. Personally I'd like to see a relatively early
0.12 with as many of these bits and pieces in place as possible.

[1] Controls for activating Windows camouflage, disabling java script,
disabling microphone etc.
[2] Bride mode? macchanger? Persistent Tor data dir? Saving/loading
tails-greeter settings/sudo-password when persistence is enabled?

> * AppArmor - https://tails.boum.org/todo/Mandatory_Access_Control/
> I've started to work on getting Debian Wheezy some AppArmor support.
> If the Wheezy freeze is not postponed, June is the deadline to get
> such things into Debian. Ping me if you're interested in testing
> stuff.


I have expressed interest in this, but it seems it was forgotten.
Consider yourself pinged :).

> * Tor 0.2.3.x
> We need to make sure the next major Tor stable release will be great
> for Tails, with a focus on the separate streams features.
> Next steps: everyone of us, let's run Tor 0.2.3.x and use the
> separate streams feature. Put it into Tails experimental.


For the record I've run 0.2.3 since january, and several Isolate*
options for a month, without any noticeable issues.

Cheers!