Check if RecommendedTBBVersions is still used

As part of the release process, we are updating RecommendedTBBVersions to put the new versions in it.

However according to GeKo, at least in the alpha, RecommendedTBBVersions is not used anymore. If that is not used in the stable release too, then we should remove that step from the release process.

added TorBrowserTeam202006 in Legacy / Trac component::applications/tor browser in Legacy / Trac owner::tbb-team in Legacy / Trac priority::medium in Legacy / Trac severity::normal in Legacy / Trac status::new in Legacy / Trac tbb-update in Legacy / Trac type::task in Legacy / Trac labels

Move tickets to 2020 June

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Keywords: TorBrowserTeam202003 deleted, TorBrowserTeam202006 added

Trac:
Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-update added

It is more accurate to say that after the patches for legacy/trac#28745 (moved) are merged, RecommendedTBBVersions will no longer be used. Looking at the existing code, removing the file should not break anything. It may cause current and old versions of Tor Browser to log info messages that look like: Version check failed. Versions file is 404. (which is probably okay).

moved from legacy/trac#33521 (moved)

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mentioned in merge request tor-browser-spec!12 (closed)

changed milestone to %Tor Browser: 10.5

Apparently it is not still used.

I see that https://gitweb.torproject.org/project/web/tpo.git/tree/content/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions/contents.lr still mentions Tor Browser 10.0.5 but we are up to 10.0.7 now, and GeKo hinted on irc that this file isn't used anymore.

I wonder if it would be smart to add one last change to the file, that puts a note at the top saying that modern Tor Browsers no longer use it. For the next few people who get confused and look at the file and wonder if they've found a "you didn't update it" bug.

Roger Dingledine:

Roger Dingledine commented:

Apparently it is not still used.

I see that https://gitweb.torproject.org/project/web/tpo.git/tree/content/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions/contents.lr still mentions Tor Browser 10.0.5 but we are up to 10.0.7 now, and GeKo hinted on irc that this file isn't used anymore.

I wonder if it would be smart to add one last change to the file, that puts a note at the top saying that modern Tor Browsers no longer use it. For the next few people who get confused and look at the file and wonder if they've found a "you didn't update it" bug.

Yep, sounds good. If anyone knows how to do that in an .lr file I am happy to make that change.

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changed milestone to %Tor Browser: 11.0 Issues with previous release

Confirmed, it's not used in the code-base anywhere.

closed

mentioned in merge request !204 (closed)