On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 01:45:26PM +0000, nickm@torproject.org wrote:
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in index c667efc..78013c2 100644 --- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in +++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in @@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ ## is per month) #AccountingStart month 3 15:00
-## Contact info to be published in the directory, so we can contact you -## if your relay is misconfigured or something else goes wrong. Google -## indexes this, so spammers might also collect it. +## Administrative contact information for this relay or bridge. This line +## can be used to contact you if your relay or bridge is misconfigured or +## something else goes wrong. Note that we archive and publish all +## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so +## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that +## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose. #ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> ## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one: #ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
Hi Nick, Karsten,
You've just changed the torrc.sample.in file, which will cause everybody who uses the deb and upgrades from Tor 0.2.4.17-rc to have to manually evaluate/adjust/replace their /etc/tor/torrc file.
Are you sure you want to do this?
It's not the end of the world here since the torrc.sample was last updated for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha, so people upgrading from 0.2.3.x debs will already be affected.
But I wonder if it's really worth hassling every deb user who will be upgrading from 0.2.4.x?
In any case we should update the ## Last updated 12 September 2012 for Tor 0.2.4.3-alpha. line at the top of the file, so we can accurately predict who will be affected by changes like this in the future.
--Roger