On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 05:04:29PM +0200, Cristian Consonni wrote: > I run a couple of relays with Debian 7 Wheezy, which is the old stable > version.
Thanks for running relays! > AS you can see from the Debian package page[1] the latest available > version of Tor packaged for Wheezy is 0.2.4.27-3, which to me looks > quite behind either 0.2.5.12-4 available in Jessie (stable) or the > 0.2.9.X series available through backports or testing. > > What's the best to do in this cases? > * Should I start updating tor manually? Definitely don't build Tor yourself. If you want to switch to the deb.torproject.org repo as suggested in this thread, that is a fine option. > * Should I update Debian on the server? (which could well me start with > a fresh install? Tor 0.2.4.x is still supported until Aug 1, 2017: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTorReleases But it's my understanding that Debian wheezy becomes oldoldstable once Squeeze is declared stable? Meaning now would be a good time for you to consider upgrading anyway? :) > * Is it ok like it is now, provided that the system is updated? It is ok like it is now, for the next 2.5 months, and then it will become a bad idea. (Who knows, maybe the nice people who step in to offer long-term-stable support to Wheezy, if anybody does, will be convinceable to update it to Tor 0.2.5. But running a partially supported oldoldstable is less good than upgrading your Debian.) --Roger _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
