14:59:17 <richard> #startmeeting Tor Brwoser Weekly Meeting 2024-02-26
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15:01:51 <richard> pad per usual -> https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-tbb-keep
15:02:13 <richard> we've a pending rebuild of Tor Browser 13.5a5 due to a crash-on-launch on Android
15:02:43 <richard> we've already identified the cause (js minification gone wild) and we'll build a new build tag this afternoon/tongiht and plan to publish tomorrow
15:03:17 <richard> 13.5a5 MB is being signed and should be available this afternoon/evening for testing tomorrow
15:03:25 <richard> ruihildt[m]^
15:03:49 <richard> i appreciate your emojii whomever jsut put that in the pad
15:03:56 <richard> ^^;
15:05:02 <richard> people on the hiring comittee, we should have a quick sync later re stuff we need to get done this week
15:05:18 <PieroV> I'll probably be already afk
15:05:42 <richard> ack in that case i'll just send out an email :)
15:06:09 <bellatchau> o/
15:06:17 <bellatchau> late but here
15:06:43 <richard> and finally from me, a gentle reminder to please provide estimates for your work allocations each week
15:06:45 <ruihildt[m]> (I'll be waiting on the email, as ever)
15:06:57 <richard> hi bellatchau o/
15:08:13 <richard> and finally in tor-browser-build news, it seems we've had an enterprising volunteer (noisycoil) working on aarch64 linux cross-compilation and even has working cross-compiled aarch64 linux builds
15:08:36 <PieroV> \o/
15:08:40 <richard> still early stages obviously but i thought folks might like to be aware :)
15:08:47 <PieroV> We also have other tor-browser-build news
15:08:56 <PieroV> The F-droid APKs are almost reproducible!
15:09:02 <richard> \o/
15:09:05 <PieroV> (with our APKs I mean)
15:09:17 <dan_b> oh wow cool
15:09:25 <PieroV> However, we might want to modify a little bit our signing scripts
15:09:41 <richard> so as always if continue to be nice and welcoming to the volunteers :)
15:09:41 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> richard: yeah I saw there was a bunch of activity in GitLab about the arm64 work, super cool, though I haven't any time to look at it yet
15:09:54 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> richard: do you want me to assist in reviewing that work?
15:10:13 <PieroV> Because we sign an already signed build. It'd helped if we signed an unsigned build instead
15:10:27 <richard> tor-browser-build!920 for those following along at home
15:10:49 <richard> jeremy: if you have time and interest your review would be welcome I'ms ure :)
15:11:04 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> richard: interest definitely yes, time maybe :)
15:11:17 <richard> PieroV: that seems like it should be a relatively easy change
15:11:26 <richard> devils in the details i'm sure though
15:11:29 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> richard: I'm curious how much overlap there is between their approach and mine
15:11:56 <richard> iirc they are using a cross compiling gcc toolchain
15:12:07 <richard> so take from that what you will :)
15:12:16 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> It's always fun to talk to people who did something similar to what I did, it's a good way to cross-pollinate skill sets, so I will try very hard to make the time
15:12:18 <richard> ok
15:12:28 <richard> that is all from me this wek
15:12:41 <richard> does anyone else have any other topics to discuss?
15:13:03 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> That said, Namecoin has a new developer starting in the next day or two, and I'm in charge of reviewing her code, so not 100% sure how my time looks like
15:13:58 <ma1> speaking to the hiring committee, are you planning for some UDP/SOCKS5 questions? re: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1808692#c12 :)
15:15:20 <richard> ma1: the current strat is to tailor qs to the candidate, since we've a large breadth of potential areas of expertise we'd be happy with
15:15:48 <richard> and a large breadth of candidates atm
15:16:15 <ma1> ack, wise.
15:17:34 <Jeremy_Rand_36C3[m]> Yeah agreed that that's a good strategy
15:20:26 <richard> alright, if there's nothing else
15:20:29 <richard> have a good week everyone o/
15:20:32 <richard> #endmeeting