[tor-project] Tor Browser team meeting notes, 26 Feb 2018

Georg Koppen gk at torproject.org
Wed Feb 28 20:38:00 UTC 2018


Hi,

here are the meeting notes from our last meeting on Monday, Feb 26. The
log is on

http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2018/tor-meeting.2018-02-26-19.00.log.txt

and the items from the pad are:

Discussion:
    Possible grant proposal for
https://research.fb.com/programs/research-awards/proposals/secure-the-internet-grants/
?


pospeselr:

    Last week:

    fix for #25112

    Uncovered root cause (missing wow_helper.exe), and put up a patch
for review

    Disables sandboxing specifically for WOW64 Vista and below rather
than integrating

    wow_helper.exe into the build since this problem 'goes away' once we
move past ESR52 shortly

    uplift #22794

    Got TryServer access setup and working for me

    Running tests for linux, linux64 and macos

    Seems like my patch may have introduced some regressions :(

    This week:

    fix regressions (if they are real) introduced by #22794 patch [GeKo:
Do you have a bugzilla number for that?]

    [pospeselr: patch isn't yet uplifted to gecko-dev; verifying the
test failures are consistent and will open a trac ticket if the failures
are real; will create mozilla uplift bug once patch is passing firefox's
tests] [GeKo: okay, sure]


mcs and brade:
  Last week:
    - For #23136 (Moat integration):
      - Helped debug issues with Georg's builds.
      - Fixed a problem with cancel and posted a revised Tor Launcher patch.
      - Discussed possible support for obs4proxy's meek_lite mode (for
Tails).
    - Reviewed a fix for #25000 (modifications to NoScript's whitelist
break webextensions)
    - Worked with Arthur on a couple of uplift issues:
      - #18900 (TB 6.0a5: updater doesn't work on Linux (cannot find
libraries))
      - #25331 (Test from #18912 failing)
  Planned for this week:
    - For #23136 (Moat integration), discuss and fix some issues
reported by Georg.
    - Work with Arthur to find the root cause for #25331 (Test from
#18912 failing).


tjr

    Landed a 2ms bump in nightly and beta; uplifting to ESR 52.7

    This is going to cause merge failures. (Sorry.)

    Hide the canvas prompt unless triggered by user input is landed

    Arthur worked on the keyboard patch - thanks so much

    Fixed leak: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438795

    Close to fixing breakage:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433592

    Why doesn't MinGW run is a little closer, need to talk to Bob Owen

    Mostly have worked on Timer Fuzzing


GeKo:
    Last week:
        - Slow progress on clang-based cross-compilation (#21777). I am
still hitting issues faster than I can diagnose and work around them but
am able to build a large chunk of m-c right now
        - Finished by patch for #23439 (exemption of .onion from mixed
content blocking)
        - Worked on code review for #23136
        - Thought about how to deal with the feedback for the security
control redesign

    This week:
        - More work on #21777
        - More code review
        - uplift my patches for .onion treatment in mixed content
scenarios (this is Mozilla's bug 1382359)
        - post an updated draft for the security control redesign


igt0:
    Last week:
        - Rebasing #25013 to run on mozilla central
            It needed a bunch of changes since firefox deprecated few
APIs and removed few browser specific css.
    This week:
        - Make #25013 work on android and figure out why the about:tor
is not applying the css rules
        Can we use a branch instead of mozilla central?  thus we can run
the tor browser tests with the tor patches applied.


arthuredelstein:

    Last week:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438795 (checked in)

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436226 (patched)

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433592 (patched)

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330467 (patch nearly
ready)

    Worked on https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25331

    This week

    Revise above patches for check in

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396224

    Finish https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330467

    Work with mcs and brade to finish
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25331 and then try to uplift

    Finish https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22343 and
attempt to uplift

    More uplift: https://torpat.ch/short


boklm:

    Last week:

            - helped build and publish the alpha release (8.0a2)

      - fixed bug #25327 (create *-debug.tar.xz files instead of
*-debug.tar.gz files)

      - worked on the binutils update (#16472)

      - started looking at data from #22346 (drop in Tor Browser update
pings in early 2017 and 2018)

    This week:

    - fix #25339: Install python 3.6 for building HTTPS-Everywhere

    - continue working on:

    - toolchain updates (#16472 and #25304) [GeKo: I think we get a new
tag tonight for selfrando, so we should be good for the next alpha at least]

    - shipping auto-updates for Tor Browser nightly channel (#18867)

    - testsuite updates/fixes


sysrqb:
    - last week:

        - Discussed system extensions with some Mozilla devs, regarding
support for legacy addons

        - Pushed a branch including the Orfox patches for #19675

        - Updated #25260 with the current status of the TorLauncher
mozbuild integration

          - Opened a bugzilla ticket for broken system addons on Android
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440789 [GeKo: good
stuff. once you have a r+ you can request a check-on with the
[checkin-needed] keyword (assuming you don't have Level 3 commit perms
for m-c]
    - This week

        - Stop being sick

        - Follow up on #19675 and get patches merged

        - Open child tickets for everything I think we should change in
the Orfox patches

        - Actually work on TBA roadmap/design proposal


isabela:
    haven't finished the agenda's pad - will share it to the list today
tho so folks can start organizing for rome


Georg

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