[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] [Pkg-privacy-commits] [torbirdy] 08/10: Remove hardcoded SOCKS port patch and update changelog.

u u at 451f.org
Tue Sep 12 10:11:00 UTC 2017


Hi!

intrigeri:
> Hi,
> 
> Ulrike Uhlig:
>> commit 551470d5be2e8b523ce1b9ff71484225f9cf6971
>> Author: Ulrike Uhlig <u at 451f.org>
>> Date:   Mon Sep 11 16:42:00 2017 +0200
> 
>>     Remove hardcoded SOCKS port patch and update changelog.
> 
> (The commit message paraphrases what I see in the diff, but does not
> explain the rationale behind this change, so I'm asking here.)
> 
> I'm afraid I don't follow: this seems to directly contradict the
> conclusion we've reached on #858034, no?
> 
> As discussed on #858034, if we really want Torbirdy to port 9150 by
> default for some reason, then the package must "Depends:
> torbrowser-launcher" and be moved to contrib (as per policy).
> Additionally, IMO we should handle it like a change that can cause
> serious trouble, i.e. add an entry in NEWS.Debian that tells users why
> their Thunderbird suddenly can't connect to their email server anymore
> and how to fix it.

Correct! Thanks for spotting that. I uploaded a new version right now.

Cheers!
u.




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