Prepare alpha release 11.5a11 (Desktop)

Explanation of variables

• $(TOR_LAUNCHER_VERSION) : version of tor-launcher, used in tags
  • example : 0.2.33
• $(ESR_VERSION) : the Mozilla defined ESR version, used in various places for building tor-browser tags, labels, etc
  • example : 91.6.0
• $(ESR_TAG) : the Mozilla defined hg (Mercurial) tag associated with $(ESR_VERSION)
  • exmaple : FIREFOX_91_7_0esr_BUILD2
• $(TOR_BROWSER_MAJOR) : the Tor Browser major version
  • example : 11
• $(TOR_BROWSER_MINOR) : the Tor Browser minor version
  • example : either 0 or 5; Alpha's is always (Stable + 5) % 10
• $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) : the firefox build revision within a given tor-browser branch; this is separate from the $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N) value
  • example : build1
• $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N) : the tor-browser build revision for a given Tor Browser release; used in tagging git commits
  • example : build2
  • NOTE : $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) and $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N) typically are the same, but it is possible for them to diverge. For example :
    • if we have multiple Tor Browser releases on a given ESR branch the two will become out of sync as the $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) value will increase, while the $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N) value may stay at build1 (but the $(TOR_BROWSER_VERSION) will increase)
    • if we have build failures unrelated to tor-browser, the $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N) value will increase while the $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) will stay the same.
• $(TOR_BROWSER_VERSION) : the published Tor Browser version
  • example : 11.5a6, 11.0.7

torbutton (Desktop Only, Optional)

• Update translations :
  • ./import-translations.sh
  • Commit with message Translation updates
  • (Optional) Backport to maintenance branch if present
• fixup! tor-browser's Bug 10760 : Integrate TorButton to TorBrowser core issue to point to updated torbutton commit

tor-launcher (Desktop Only, Optional)

• Update install.rdf file with new version
• Sign/Tag commit :
  • Tag : $(TOR_LAUNCHER_VERSION)
  • Message Tagging $(TOR_LAUNCHER_VERSION)
• Push master and tag to origin

geckoview (Android Only)

TODO

tba-translation (Android Only, Optional)

TODO

tor-browser

• (Optional) Rebase to $(ESR_VERSION)
  • Find the Firefox hg tag here : https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-esr91/tags
    • $(ESR_TAG) : FIREFOX_91_9_0esr_BUILD1
  • Identify the hg patch associated with above hg tag, and find the equivalent gecko-dev git commit (search by commit message)
    • gecko-dev commit : c801d6d34aec931da57d4f50490f6f52b3395ef0
  • Create new tor-browser branch with the discovered gecko-dev commit as HEAD named tor-browser-$(ESR_VERSION)esr-$(TOR_BROWSER_MAJOR).$(TOR-BROWSER_MINOR)-1
  • Sign/Tag commit :
    • Tag : $(ESR_TAG)
    • Message : Mercurial $(ESR_TAG) tag
  • Push new branch and tag to origin
  • Rebase tor-browser patches
  • Open MR for the rebase
• (Optional) Backport any required patches
• Sign/Tag commit :
  • Tag : tor-browser-$(ESR_VERSION)esr-$(TOR_BROWSER_MAJOR).$(TOR_BROWSER_MINOR)-1-$(FIREFOX_BUILD_N)
  • Message : Tagging $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) for $(ESR_VERSION)esr-based (alpha|stable)
• Push tag to origin

tor-browser-build

Tor Browser Alpha (and Nightly) are on the master branch, while Stable lives in the various $(TOR_BROWSER_MAJOR).$(TOR_BROWSER_MINOR)-maint (and possibly more specific) branches

• Update rbm.conf
  • var/torbrowser_version : update to next version
  • var/torbrowser_build : update to $(TOR_BROWSER_BUILD_N)
  • var/torbrowser_incremental_from : update to previous version
    • IMPORTANT Really actually make sure this is the previous Desktop/Android version or else the make incrementals-* step will fail
• Update projects/firefox/config
  • git_hash : update the $(FIREFOX_BUILD_N) section to match tor-browser tag
  • (Optional) var/firefox_platform_version : update to latest $(ESR_VERSION) if rebased
• Check for NoScript updates here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript
  • (Optional) If version available, update noscript section of input_files in projects/tor-browser/config
    • URL
    • sha256sum
• Check for openssl updates here : https://github.com/openssl/openssl/tags
  • (Optional) If new 1.X.Y series tag available, update projects/openssl/config
    • version : update to next 1.X.Y release tag
    • input_files/sha256sum : update to sha256 sum of source tarball
• Check for tor updates here : https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/tags ; Tor Browser Alpha uses -alpha tagged tor, while stable uses the stable series
  • (Optional) If new tor version is available, update projects/tor/config
    • version : update to next release tag
• Check for go updates here : https://golang.org/dl (Tor Browser Alpha uses the latest Stable go version, while Tor Browser Stable uses the latest of the previous Stable major series version (eg: if Tor Browser Alpha is on the go1.17 series, Tor Browser Stable is on the go1.16 series)
  • (Optional) If new go version is available, update projects/go/config
    • version : update go version
    • input_files/sha256sum for go : update sha256sum of archive (sha256 sums are displayed on the go download page)
• (Android Only) Update allowed_addons.json by running (from tor-browser-build root)`./tools/fetch_allowed_addons.py > projects/tor-browser/allowed_addons.json
• Update ChangeLog.txt
• Open MR with above changes
• Sign/Tag commit : make signtag-(alpha|release)
• Push tag to origin

blog

• Duplicate previous Stable or Alpha release blog post as appropriate to new directory under content/blog/new-release-tor-browser-$(TOR_BROWSER_VERSION) and update with info on release :
  • Update Tor Browser version numbers
  • Note any ESR rebase
  • Link to any Firefox security updates
  • Note any updates to :
    • tor
    • openssl
    • go
    • noscript
  • Convert ChangeLog.txt to markdown format used here by : tor-browser-build/tools/changelog-format-blog-post
• Push to origin as new branch, open 'Draft :' MR
• Remove draft from MR once signed-packages are uploaded

website

• databags/versions.ini : Update the downloads versions
  • torbrowser-stable/version : sort of a catch-all for latest stable version
  • torbrowser-stable/win32 : tor version in the expert bundle
  • torbrowser-*-stable/version : platform-specific stable versions
  • torbrowser-*-alpha/version : platform-specific alpha versions
  • tor-stable,tor-alpha : set by tor devs, do not touch
• Push to origin as new branch, open 'Draft :' MR
• Remove draft from MR once signed-packages are uploaded

unsigned build uploads

• Upload unsigned builds to people.torproject.org
• Email tor-qa@lists.torproject.org with links to unsigned builds

signing

TODO

signed build uploads

TODO