Commit bfd50001 authored by Nick Mathewson's avatar Nick Mathewson 🤹
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Forward-port the 0.2.8.5-rc changelog

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Changes in version 0.2.9.1-alpha - 2016-??-??
Changes in version 0.2.8.5-rc - 2016-07-07
  Tor 0.2.8.5-rc is the second release candidate in the Tor 0.2.8
  series. If we find no new bugs or regressions here, the first stable
  0.2.8 release will be identical to it. It has a few small bugfixes
  against previous versions.
  o Directory authority changes:
    - Urras is no longer a directory authority. Closes ticket 19271.
  o Major bugfixes (heartbeat):
    - Fix a regression that would crash Tor when the periodic
      "heartbeat" log messages were disabled. Fixes bug 19454; bugfix on
      tor-0.2.8.1-alpha. Reported by "kubaku".
  o Minor features (build):
    - Tor now again builds with the recent OpenSSL 1.1 development
      branch (tested against 1.1.0-pre6-dev). Closes ticket 19499.
    - When building manual pages, set the timezone to "UTC", so that the
      output is reproducible. Fixes bug 19558; bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
      Patch from intrigeri.
  o Minor bugfixes (fallback directory selection):
    - Avoid errors during fallback selection if there are no eligible
      fallbacks. Fixes bug 19480; bugfix on 0.2.8.3-alpha. Patch
      by teor.
  o Minor bugfixes (IPv6, microdescriptors):
    - Don't check node addresses when we only have a routerstatus. This
      allows IPv6-only clients to bootstrap by fetching microdescriptors
      from fallback directory mirrors. (The microdescriptor consensus
      has no IPv6 addresses in it.) Fixes bug 19608; bugfix
      on 0.2.8.2-alpha.
  o Minor bugfixes (logging):
    - Reduce pointlessly verbose log messages when directory servers
      can't be found. Fixes bug 18849; bugfix on 0.2.8.3-alpha and
      0.2.8.1-alpha. Patch by teor.
    - When a fallback directory changes its fingerprint from the hard-
      coded fingerprint, log a less severe, more explanatory log
      message. Fixes bug 18812; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. Patch by teor.
  o Minor bugfixes (Linux seccomp2 sandboxing):
    - Allow statistics to be written to disk when "Sandbox 1" is
      enabled. Fixes bugs 19556 and 19957; bugfix on 0.2.5.1-alpha and
      0.2.6.1-alpha respectively.
  o Minor bugfixes (user interface):
    - Remove a warning message "Service [scrubbed] not found after
      descriptor upload". This message appears when one uses HSPOST
      control command to upload a service descriptor. Since there is
      only a descriptor and no service, showing this message is
      pointless and confusing. Fixes bug 19464; bugfix on 0.2.7.2-alpha.
  o Fallback directory list:
    - Add a comment to the generated fallback directory list that
      explains how to comment out unsuitable fallbacks in a way that's
      compatible with the stem fallback parser.
    - Update fallback whitelist and blacklist based on relay operator
      emails. Blacklist unsuitable (non-working, over-volatile)
      fallbacks. Resolves ticket 19071. Patch by teor.
    - Update hard-coded fallback list to remove unsuitable fallbacks.
      Resolves ticket 19071. Patch by teor.
Changes in version 0.2.8.4-rc - 2016-06-15
  Tor 0.2.8.4-rc is the first release candidate in the Tor 0.2.8 series.