Package: torbrowser-launcher Version: 0.3.3-6 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: daniel.ted.sand...@gmail.com
Dear Maintainer, Can you please provide a regular package for tor-browser in addition to the current "launcher" one ? The launcher has real usability issues. Tor-browser is the only program in debian that I am aware of for which we have to download the application at launch time rather than at installation time. I really wish it can be installed just like firefox or any other regular package. First of all, this only works if the launcher knows the correct URL of the software, and at this very moment (2023-01-01) it is broken because the URL has changed (cf bug #1025765). So I am currently unable to use Tor-browser on debian. But even when the launcher is working, this has real usability issues. I am using Debian on the top of Qubes-OS and hence the place where tor-browser is copied by the launcher is erased each time I restart the virtual machine (or qube) where it runs. It means the launcher has to download and install tor-browser almost every time I want to use it. This takes some times, and wastes network bandwidth. And this would be even worse for users who do not have a broadband internet connection. I guess other advanced users who are not using Qubes-OS may have similar issues because tor-browser is being treated differently from every other package on debian. The program ends up being installed in the users home directory, which is yet another very non-standard way of doing things. I like keeping my home directory as small and simple as possible with only configuration files, and having tor-browser copied in the home directory also breaks this principle. Arch Linux do not provide tor-browser in the standard repositories, but fortunately it is possible to very easily build a custom package for tor-browser through AUR so it ends up working like any other regular package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tor-browser Once you build the package manually, your can install it in a regular location, so it does not have to be downloaded at launch time or installed in the users home directory. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide a regular debian package for tor-browser so it can be installed and used just like firefox or any other regular packageĀ· -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-19-cloud-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages torbrowser-launcher depends on: ii ca-certificates 20210119 ii gnupg 2.2.27-2+deb11u2 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.110-6 ii python3 3.9.2-3 ii python3-gpg 1.14.0-1+b2 ii python3-packaging 20.9-2 ii python3-pyqt5 5.15.2+dfsg-3 ii python3-requests 2.25.1+dfsg-2 ii python3-socks 1.7.1+dfsg-1 Versions of packages torbrowser-launcher recommends: ii tor 0.4.5.10-1~deb11u1 Versions of packages torbrowser-launcher suggests: ii apparmor 2.13.6-10 -- no debconf information