[tor-relays] Ubuntu LTS about to ship with a soon-to-expire Tor version?

[smichel0]

Hi Roger,

what's going on between Ubuntu and the Torproject?

What will I have to do to downgrade to the old Tor-version 'cause I'm willing to do so. And what's the problem with a version which is soon to expire if there (hopefully) be an update (in time).

SMichel


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Am 5. April 2018 4:07 AM schrieb Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu>:

> Do we have any good Ubuntu contacts here?
> 
> I noticed today that Ubuntu Bionic LTS will come out this month:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> 
> and they are currently on track to include Tor 0.3.2.10:
> 
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/tor
> 
> which is scheduled to go end-of-life before the end of 2018:
> 
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases#Listofreleases
> 
> So we are on track for 4.5 years of sadness for Ubuntu users -- and
> 
> since some of the most critical users of the Tor deb on Ubuntu are relay
> 
> operators, this seems like a good time to try to rescue things.
> 
> The best fixes I've thought of are to either:
> 
> (A) Convince them to downgrade to Tor 0.2.9, which we will maintain for
> 
> another few years.
> 
> (B) Make a deal with them where they know that 0.3.2 will be abandoned
> 
> soon, and that they'll move to our next LTS once it comes out.
> 
> In the past we tried something like 'B' and it did not go smoothly. So
> 
> I'm inclined to think 'A' is the better plan.
> 
> See also this trac ticket where I'll aim to keep track of our progress:
> 
> https://trac.torproject.org/25715
> 
> I'm also going to forward this note to tor-project@ in case there are
> 
> better Ubuntu contacts there.
> 
> Never a dull moment,
> 
> --Roger
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