We realize how difficult it is to get feedback from our own users so we decided that it was important that we share our experience contributing to Tails.
We love Tails and were eager to contribute. When the call for help with ticket 11198 was posted to the Tails home page, we jumped in. Within a couple of weeks, we had converted a number of scripts. Although our only feedback was from sajoida who let us know that the git structure was correct, we continued to convert scripts as time allowed. By the end of June, we had converted all but 1 of the scripts over 30 lines in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin plus the associated libraries. From our viewpoint the nightmare scenario is that the translation introduces a serious security bug. Of course we've checked and written rudimentary tests, but we're human. It's just good security for someone other than us to look at the code. It has now been more than 6 months and the original ticket has been split into multiple tickets. Sajoida keeps suggesting action, but the target slips from one version to the next. Because of the delays, it's very likely that much of our work will have to be re-done to accommodate new changes to the bash scripts. One possible path is to replace one script at a time, starting with the least critical. There are bumps in any software development. But this experience won't encourage volunteers. Tails is crucial for many people including us. Hopefully this feedback helps Tails become even better. GoodCrypto - Warning: Anyone could have read this message. Use encryption, it works. _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
