Bug #17215

Deal with Tor Launcher potentially disappearing entirely

Added by intrigeri 2019-11-08 18:12:55 . Updated 2020-05-12 13:12:03 .

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
anonym
Category:
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Communicate
Blueprint:

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Affected tool:
Browser
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Description

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/31286#comment:42 reads “Once tor-launcher is gone and its functionality has been completely integrated into Tor Browser (9.5?) […]”. It’s not clear to me if it was already decided this would be the case, or not. That ticket has a bunch of discussion, ideas, and mockups on this topic.

We should get in touch with the Tor Browser team ASAP to learn what their plans are: if Tor Launcher disappears for real, we’ll need to Do Something About It™, which will likely not be cheap.

Relevant past discussion on this topic: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30473

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #15709: Deal with Tor Launcher being integrated into Tor Browser 9.0 and Firefox 68esr possibly removing support for XUL/XPCOM extensions Resolved 2018-07-03
Related to Tails - Feature #15144: Consider migrating from Tor Launcher to anon-connection-wizard Confirmed 2018-01-03
Blocks Tails - Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team Confirmed

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-11-08 18:13:08

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-11-08 18:13:17

  • related to Bug #15709: Deal with Tor Launcher being integrated into Tor Browser 9.0 and Firefox 68esr possibly removing support for XUL/XPCOM extensions added

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-11-08 18:13:45

  • Description updated

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2019-11-08 18:14:23

  • related to Feature #15144: Consider migrating from Tor Launcher to anon-connection-wizard added

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2019-12-13 15:34:48

  • Target version changed from Tails_4.2 to Tails_4.3

#6 Updated by anonym 2020-02-11 15:26:18

  • Target version changed from Tails_4.3 to Tails_4.4

#7 Updated by CyrilBrulebois 2020-03-12 09:56:00

  • Target version changed from Tails_4.4 to Tails_4.5

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-15 17:55:11

  • Priority changed from Elevated to High
  • Target version deleted (Tails_4.5)

(As per the FT’s policy on what “Target version” means for us.)

#9 Updated by anonym 2020-04-06 14:48:04

  • Assignee set to anonym

#10 Updated by anonym 2020-05-08 09:37:12

After a meeting with the Tor Browser devs we have learned: Tor Launcher will not go anywhere during the upcoming 9.5.x cycle, so we can forget this until they start thinking about the 10.x cycle when 9.5.x has been released (September 2020).

#11 Updated by sajolida 2020-05-08 17:47:16

Oh yeah! Thanks a lot @anonym for getting in touch with Tor and
investigating all this well in advance :)

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2020-05-12 13:12:03

  • Priority changed from High to Normal

> After a meeting with the Tor Browser devs we have learned: Tor Launcher will not go anywhere during the upcoming 9.5.x cycle, so we can forget this until they start thinking about the 10.x cycle when 9.5.x has been released (September 2020).

Thank you for gathering this info and reporting back.
That’s not urgent anymore so I’m downgrading priority accordingly :)