Hi,
here's the Tails report for May, 2013.
Releases
========
Tails 0.18 was released on May 18:
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.18/
Metrics
=======
- 128 676 connections of Tails to the Tor network. This makes a boot
every 21 seconds on average (this is an approximation from the
requests made to the security announcements feed when Tails is
connected to Tor).
- 51 non-empty bug reports were received through WhisperBack.
- 630 comments were posted on the forum, with 143 signed by Tails.
Code
====
- We had a "low-hanging fruits" session on May 22, that was attended
by three persons.
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003076.html
- Some important bugs were fixed in tails-greeter, thanks
to winterfairy!
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=tails/tails-greeter.git;a=summary
- A branch to install Linux 3.8 was developed and merged. It triggered
a bug in the Persistent Volume Assistant, that was fixed.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/linux-3.8
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=tails/persistence-setup.git;a=commit;h=c94d7432e649ff9b7974559b28b881ddf89f3ed0
- The automatic re-installation of additional software packages
feature was improved.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remember_installed_packages
- live-boot 3.x final is now installed, and the old compatibility
symlinks were removed. Same for live-config 3.x final.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/live-boot_3.0_final
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remove_live-boot_compatibility_symlinks
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/live-config_3.0_final
- A bug that made it a pain to use our OpenPGP applet was
partially fixed.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bugfix/gpgapplet_do_not_erase_clipboard
- More work was done to remove GNOME proxy settings.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/remove_gnome_proxy_settings
- A branch to update virt-what was proposed.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/newer_virt-what
- A branch to use bilibop was proposed.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/bilibop
- Some preliminary work was done to get our nice custom boot splash
screen back.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/tails-plymouth-theme
- A smtube backport was prepared.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/smtube
- Some post-Wheezy work was done.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/wheezy-security_APT_source
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bugfix/post-wheezy_pinning
- More precise plans were drawn about the future of tails-greeter.
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003099.html
- Various TBB settings were imported.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/torbrowser
Documentation and Website
=========================
- The end-user documentation about
`feature/set-wireless-devices-state' was reviewed and improved.
http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/feature/set-wireless-devices-state
- The Tails specification and design document received various minor
updates and improvements, as did the release process documentation.
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/
- Tons of old forum posts were cleaned up, as part of our effort to
import valuable existing knowledge from there into the upcoming
Q&A website.
On-going discussions
====================
- We've discussed inclusion of Martus in Tails.
- Deanonymization potential by the desktop user.
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003078.html
- Adding support for keeping entry guards.
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003111.html
- Removing Iceweasel popups that confuse (some) users
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-May/003109.html
Infrastructure
==============
Various bits were updated to reflect the fact that Debian Wheezy
was released.
Funding
=======
- We went on working on a grant application for more long-term
funding with sponsor Foxtrot.
- Draft contracts were sent to the bounties candidates. Some have
started working on their bounty!
Cheers,
--
Tails folks
