Hi everybody!
Long story short: we send a call for participation on porting
"Windows camouflage" to GNOME 3.14. We got not serious answer. If
nobody volunteers to do the job, next Tails major version will *not*
include camouflage mode.
Find below the full call.
Cheers
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Call for participation!
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Are you into GNOME development and want to participate to Tails? Do you
want to improve your GTK or GNOME Shell theming skills while supporting
users needing privacy and stealth? Consider porting the "Windows
camouflage" of Tails to GNOME 3.14. What is the Windows camouflage?
Tails documentation reads "if you are using a computer in public you
may want to avoid attracting unwanted attention by changing the way
Tails looks into something that resembles Microsoft Windows 8." This is
what we call the "Windows camouflage".
Why is it useful?
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We got reports that users have been arrested while using a
privacy-enhancing distribution because their screen looked very
different from others, which raised suspicion. It's why a Windows
camouflage has been added to Tails. What should be done?
Current Tails is based on GNOME 3.8 in "Fallback" mode. We are
currently upgrading Tails on top of the upcoming version on Debian
("Jessie") which is based on GNOME 3.14. The Windows camouflage should
be upgraded to the last version of GTK and ported from GNOME Panel to
GNOME shell. That includes GTK and GNOME Shell theming through CSS as
well as writing a custom GNOME Shell extension.
Why do we need you?
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The team currently working on Tails is very busy and decided to focus
on the core or the upgrade rather than on the Windows camouflage. We
currently plan to go ahead with the initial Tails Jessie release even
if the Windows camouflage is missing. However, we would love to ship a
proper Windows camouflage and think it's a good occasion for you to
give a hand. We'll provide support to anybody volunteering and work
together on integrating the new theme to upcoming Tails Jessie
snapshots.
Where should you start?
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Please read
https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/update_camouflage_for_jessie/, then
write to tails-dev@???. This is a public mailing list:
https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev/. Please subscribe!
