[tor-dev] Call for help on testing core tor releases

blacklight . pandakaasftw at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 21:03:24 UTC 2016


I would love to help, but can you also volunteer when cannot give ALL the
feedback?

On Oct 13, 2016 10:53 PM, "Matt Traudt" <sirmatt at ksu.edu> wrote:

> Isabela / Core Tor
>
> I'd love to help. I use 99% Linux and will be able help with everything
> you listed.
>
> I'm pastly on trac and oftc.
>
> Matt
>
> isabela at riseup.net:
> >
> > What we are asking volunteers:
> >
> >   * Validate release signature/checksum
> >
> >   * Does it build with _no_ Warnings?
> >
> >   * Does "make test" pass?
> >
> >   * Does "make test-network-all" pass? (you'll need chutney for this -
> > chutney does not work on Windows)
> >
> >   * Does it work as a client? As a relay?  As a hidden service ?
> >
> >   * Does it work if you drop the binary into (eg) torpbrowser?
> >
> >
> > We are hoping to find enough people that we can test the releases on as
> > many OS's as possible.
> > Some OS-specific notes:
> >
> >   * on Linux and BSD, Tor requires some dependencies (read INSTALL).
> >
> >   * on OS X, you'll need to choose a package manager (HomeBrew,
> > MacPorts, Fink), or install dependencies from source,
> >
> >   * either way, you will need to tell configure where the dependencies
> > are located.
> >
> >   * on Windows, people sometimes have trouble building Tor. Help us
> > update our build instructions for Windows!
> >
> >
> > Our goals:
> >
> >   * We hope to have tor alpha releases tested within a week of it going
> out
> >
> >   * We hope to have people testing it on as many OS's as possible
> >
> >   * Reduce the number of bugs found when we launch a release candidate
> > and/or stable release
> >
> >   * We want operating systems and configurations other than the ones we
> > use in development to get tested BEFORE we declare the release stable.
> >
> >
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