On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 5:24 AM, <pro...@secure-mail.biz> wrote: > Is it safe to use the Tor 0.2.3 Alpha in redistributed projects for regular > use? (Such as Tails or TorBOX.) Or should the alpha branch only be touched by > testers and developers?
Well, the alphas encounter bugs much more frequently, since we merge lots more stuff. But right now, 0.2.3.x is in a pretty good state, and I'm starting to like it a lot. I'll like it a lot more in a week, and a lot more in a month. > Tor Stable is already labeled as "experimental software" and "do not rely on > it for strong anonymity". How much worse does it get when using the Tor > Alpha? What does Alpha with "more bugs than usual" mean? Does it mean there > are just more minor annoyances or real concern for anonymity? Is the Alpha > actually a Beta? There are no regression bugs I'm aware of that make 0.2.3.x a significantly worse choice than 0.2.2.x. What makes 0.2.3.x a riskier choice is that I'm merging new code into it at a much faster pace, whereas we only put stuff into 0.2.2.x when it fixes bugs and seems very safe to merge and (ideally) has seen a fair bit of testing in 0.2.3.x. > Is the added security of Tor 0.2.3 Alpha, with stream isolation feature, > worth the "more bugs than usual" or do you really recommend against it? I don't think you'd be crazy to put something out with 0.2.3.x in it. > It doesn't look like #3449 will be closed anytime soon. (No criticism. We are > just asking, because we consider distributing Tor 0.2.3 Alpha with TorBOX and > depend on your answer.) I'm hoping to have a beta or a release candidate in June. Early June, if possible, but with software you can never say. (That list of tickets is a good place to look, but shouldn't be taken as a list of "Stuff that must absolutely get fixed to put out 0.2.3.x-rc. Many of those tickets can be fixed later, or deferred to a later release.) -- Nick _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
