Work completed by the Pearl Crescent team during February 2016
(Kathy Brade and Mark Smith):
* Tor Browser Updater:
We debugged the problem described in the following ticket and developed
a fix which has been merged:
"After an update to Tor Browser 5.5 only changelog tab is shown"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18170
We also filed the following Windows-specific ticket and created a
stop-gap fix:
"staged updates fail on Windows"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18292
* Tor Browser and Torbutton:
We spent a lot of time developing patches and chasing various problems
related to Mac OS code signing (still a work in progress):
"Tor Browser on OS X should not store data into the
application bundle"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13252
We revised our patch for the following issue (the fix has been merged):
"about:tor update arrow position is wrong (Retina and zoom)"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18144
We triaged various tickets and reviewed the fix for #18030
And we spent a little time on the following tickets:
"Firefox icon for browser after update"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18199
"remove unused code and strings from Torbutton"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18238
* Tor Launcher:
Minimal activity this month. We did spend a little time looking at the
following bug:
"Tor Launcher only accepts HEXDIGIT passwords for controller"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18330
* Miscellaneous Activities:
We participated in the weekly Tor Browser meetings, UX meetings,
and app team meetings on IRC, and in various design discussions
on IRC as well as on the mailing lists.
* Planned for March:
- Read notes from the Valencia developer meeting (we were not
able to attend in person).
- Complete the Tor Browser changes for Mac OS that are necessary to
meet Apple's code signing requirements (see #13252).
- Assist with backporting of patches to the Firefox ESR 45 codebase
and with the other work related to ESR 45. See:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status!=closed&keywords=~ff45-esr&order=id
- Assist with Tor Browser 5.5.x maintenance.
* As Time Permits:
- Develop a fix for #18292 (staged updates fail on Windows).
- Work with UX researchers to ensure that their Tor Launcher
research is productive. See the discussions on the UX
mailing list or visit:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorLauncherUX2016
- Work on other Tor Browser, Tor Launcher, and Torbutton usability
issues.
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Mark Smith
Pearl Crescent, LLC
http://pearlcrescent.com/
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