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Tor Browser Launcher Changelog

0.3.7

  • Use Tor Browser 13.0 new filenames
  • Adapt AppArmor profile for Tor Browser 13.0
  • Set the TORBROWSER_LAUNCHER environment variable to make it easier for Tor Browser to see that it is being run by torbrowser-launcher
  • Use a proper rDNS ID in AppStream metainfo
  • Update to latest version of the Tor Browser OpenPGP signing key
  • Remove some unused code to fix a warning
  • Add dbus-glib to the rpm package dependencies
  • Maintenance of torbrowser-launcher has been handed to Tor Project, and the git repository moved to https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/torbrowser-launcher/

0.3.6

  • Tor Browser 12.0 no longer uses locales, so the download URL and local path have changed

0.3.5

  • Fix refreshing Tor Browser signing key in Flatpak package
  • Fix issues with localization files

0.3.4

  • Ship with latest version of the Tor Browser Developers OpenPGP public key
  • Add several translations
  • Various small bug fixes

0.3.3

  • Switch to Web Key Directory to refresh signing key from torproject.org, because everything is broken
  • Use proper version comparison now that Tor Browser 10.0 is out
  • Fix DNS leak when downloading over Tor
  • Various bug fixes, as well as AppData and AppArmor fixes

0.3.2

  • Switch to keys.openpgp.org when refreshing signing key, because SKS keyservers are broken
  • Use new Tor Browser logo

0.3.1

  • Ship with latest version of the Tor Browser Developers OpenPGP public key
  • Fix bug where TBL window stays open after Tor Browser is launched

0.3.0

  • Switched from python2 to python3
  • Switched from gtk2 to Qt5
  • Switched from twisted to requests/socks
  • Use QThreads for async
  • Removed modem sound
  • Only refresh gpg keyring on verification error, instead of every time
  • Updated AppArmor profiles
  • Updated available languages, and fixed locale detection bug
  • Fixed false signature verification error related to twisted

0.2.9

  • Fixed crash issue related to Tor Browser 7.5 changing how the currently installed version number is stored
  • Updated list of Tor Project dist mirrors
  • Fixed edge case crash for when stdout isn't writable
  • Updated AppStream metadata
  • Updated AppArmor profiles

0.2.8

  • Update URL to check for latest version, which changed in Tor Browser 7
  • Automatically refresh GPG keyring, to prevent signature verification false positives
  • Improve GnuPG code by using GPGME if available
  • Updated AppArmor profiles
  • Added Czech, Hungarian localization

0.2.7

  • Updated Tor Browser signing key because they added a new subkey and verification was failing
  • Updated AppArmor profiles
  • Improved localization, and added Russian

0.2.6

  • Fixed bug related to fallback to English feature that caused Settings to crash

0.2.5

  • Fix issue where Tor Browser Launcher failed to launch if currently installed version of Tor Browser was too old
  • If Tor Browser download isn't available in your language, fallback to English
  • Avoid re-downloading tarball if it's already present
  • Verify GnuPG importing keys using status-fd rather than exit codes
  • Various AppArmor improvements
  • Removed unused dependency

0.2.4

  • Fix signature verification bypass attack, reported by Jann Horn (CVE-2016-3180)

0.2.3

  • Removed certificate pinning to https://www.torproject.org to avoid issues with upcoming certificate change, and hard-coded minimum Tor Browser version in the release
  • Fix issue with detecting language
  • Make Tor SOCKS5 proxy configurable, for users not running on 9050
  • Improved AppArmor profiles
  • Added translations
  • Switched from xpm icons to png icons
  • Changed "Exit" button to "Cancel" button
  • New package description

0.2.2

  • Tor Browser Launcher no longer attempts to auto-update, now that Tor Browser has this feature
  • System Tor is now an optional dependency
  • Fix issue where downloads fail because of unicode URLs
  • Removed window management code that stopped working many releases ago, and removed wmctrl dependency
  • Removed test code that caused signature verification to happen at the wrong time

0.2.1

  • Stop using RecommendedTBBVersions and start using more reliable "release" channel XML
  • Converted settings file from pickle format to JSON
  • Download tarball signatures to verify, rather than SHA256SUMS and signature
  • Implemented IPolicyForHTTPS to prevent twisted-related crashes in Debian
  • Some AppArmor fixes

0.2.0

  • Fix critical bug with new location of start-tor-browser
  • Silenced some AppArmor denied events from logs
  • Print less console output
  • Remove support for accepting links
  • Added better support for updating over Tor in Fedora

0.1.9

  • Added option to disable accepting links, to workaround Firefox/Tor Browser issue

0.1.8

  • Added new Tor Browser signing key
  • Fixed removing alpha/beta code due to change in RecommendedTBBVersions syntax
  • Fixed opening links in TBB if you originally opened TBB without clicking a link

0.1.7

  • You can now pass URLs into TBL, and set it as your default browser
  • Hides TBL window before launching TBB
  • Default mirror switched to https://dist.torproject.org/
  • Added AppData file to look better in software centers
  • Exclude AppArmor profiles in Ubuntu, where they're broken

0.1.6

  • Updated licensing confusion to just be MIT in all locations
  • Fixed bug related to TBB 4.0's new folder structure
  • Updated .desktop files to comply with standards

0.1.5

  • Split source code into several files
  • Several AppArmor updates
  • Prepare for upcoming RecommendedTBBVersion format change
  • More verbose UI when updating
  • No longer detaches start-tor-browser as separate process
  • Temporarily disable AppArmor profiles in Ubuntu

0.1.4

  • RecommendedTBBVersion URL change
  • Many AppArmor improvements
  • Allow installation into a virtualenv

0.1.3

  • Force installing stable release if available in RecommendedTBBVersions
  • Removed Mike Perry's signing key and added Erinn Clark's signing key
  • Fixed AppArmor profiles (thanks to troubadoour)

0.1.2

  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Fixed bug with loading mirrors list
  • Huge refactor of AppArmor profiles
  • Added OnionShare support to AppArmor profiles
  • Suppresses output from detached TBB process
  • Uses freedesktop xdg-user-dirs instead of ~/.torbrowser
  • Removed all signing keys except Mike Perry's
  • Made tor and python-txsocksx dependencies to update over Tor by default

0.1.1

  • Added TBL_SHARE support, to more easily develop without installing systemwide
  • Modem sound and python-pygame dependency is now optional
  • Support for updating TBB over Tor using a system Tor
  • Removed support for stable/alpha preference, forces stable now
  • Added French translations

0.1.0

  • Added Polish translations
  • Version 0.1.0 marks first version in Debian!
  • Changed GPG release signing key from 5C17616361BD9F92422AC08BB4D25A1E99999697 to 0B1491929806596254700155FD720AD9EBA34B1C

0.0.9

  • Fixed AppArmor rules that were broken in Ubuntu
  • Added support for basic RPM packaging
  • Removed un-used dependencies
  • Fixed URLs to deal with TBB release filename changes

0.0.8

  • Removed older code that's no longer used
  • Updated list of Tor mirrors
  • Replaced certificate for www.torproject.org post-heartbleed
  • Fixed URLs to deal with TBB release filename changes

0.0.7

  • Added AppArmor profiles for torbrowser-launcher and TBB
  • Removed included libs in favor of adding new Debian package dependencies

0.0.6

  • Fixed URLs to deal with changes in TBB releases for 3.x

0.0.5

  • Updated paths because TBB 3.x changed directory structure
  • mirrors.txt now has local version in /usr/local
  • Updated TBB signature URL
  • Made optional modem sound when launching Tor, because it's sooo slow :)
  • Extra check to make sure the latest version is installed