[tor-relays] PSA: Tor 0.4.5 reaches end of life (EOL) on 2023-02-15

[Georg Koppen]

Petrarca via tor-relays:
> My CPU architecture is 'armhf' (hardware is Raspberry pi). So the post referenced below starts with pointing out that this setup is not supported. So any other way on how to upgrade easily on a new version of Tor ?

I believe there is a thread from last year on this mailing list[1] that 
should provide you with the information you are looking for.

Georg

[1] 
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2022-August/020729.html 
ff.

> 
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> trinity pointard <trinity.pointard at gmail.com> schrieb am Dienstag, 24. Januar 2023 um 13:07:
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Tortilla:
>> The keys being used on this signature are the keys of DGoulet and Ahf
>> (two members of the network team). You can find links to their keys on
>> this page https://www.torproject.org/about/people/ .
>> You can also read this thread on the forum:
>> https://forum.torproject.net/t/release-0-4-5-12-and-0-4-6-10/2024/6 .
>>
>> Petrarca:
>> For Debian (and Ubuntu and alike), it's recommended to use TorProject
>> repository as it is often more up to date than what Debian provides.
>> You can see how to enable this repository on this page
>> https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-repo/ .
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> trinity-1686a
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 11:04, Petrarca via tor-relays
>> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running a relay on Debian (flavor) - all software is up-to-date and the tor version installed is 4.5.16. So I think it's up the Debian admins to update tor on their repositories (?); that way at least the Debian relays would get a proper update I assume.
>>>
>>> ------- Original Message -------
>>> Georg Koppen gk at torproject.org schrieb am Montag, 23. Januar 2023 um 16:59:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> In case it affects you as you are still running your relay or bridge on
>>>> Tor 0.4.5.x: the 0.4.5 series is going EOL on 2023-02-15 (roughly in 3
>>>> weeks from now).
>>>>
>>>> That's currently still 760 relays, which means roughly 7% of the
>>>> advertised bandwidth of the network (and 387 bridges, which means
>>>> roughly 9% of the advertised bridges bandwidth).
>>>>
>>>> Please make sure you have upgraded to the 0.4.7.x series by then.
>>>>
>>>> Supported releases in general can be found on the network team wiki.[1]
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Georg
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/team/-/wikis/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases
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