> On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:34:03 -0500 > "Chris" <[email protected]> wrote: >> While I would not suggest eliminating the tarball completely as there >> is more to the world than just debian I do think the manual >> installation is cumbersome and risky for the user. It make no sense >> to recommend manual installation when there is a better system that >> is already being used. > > There is no installation of TBB, there is only unzip/untar and run, > preferably in the user's homedir. Please open an enhancement ticket and > provide scripts to convert tbb into a deb/rpm and correctly do this if > you are convinced a repo is a valid distribution method. >
I might do this. I have a long way to go before I get to that point unfortunately. I'm not the best person to do it either. I have briefly attempted to figure out how to do it and failed. This is not saying I am incapable. I just don't know how currently. The packaging itself might not be an issue so much as figuring out how to modify the TBB. I also lack the time to do it. There are many projects I've involved in related to free software. >> It has been mentioned elsewhere that the project needs other >> distribution methods to help get Tor into countries where it is >> banned. Here is a perfectly good one. Especially if it ended up in >> debians main repository. > > And tor is blocked in these countries, even in the repositories. Your > tcp connection will be reset if you try to install tor in China from a > debian repo. You will not find Tor in the Chinese mirrors of the debian > repos. At least, this is the experience of the people I've worked with, > and my own, when trying to setup tor from either freebsd or debian shell > servers inside China. deb.torproject.org is blocked in a few countries > as well. > > Local repositories are not used to circumvent national policies, but > rather enforce them. Fair enough. I still think it is a good idea for security reasons though in countries where blocking isn't an issue. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
