On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:00:34 +0000 adrelanos adrelanos@riseup.net wrote:
Hi,
I've tested it... Building works like a charm.
Well, if this is a request for testing, it should perhaps be posted to tor-talk?
Good idea. I'll email tor-talk too.
It downloads the Tor Browser Alpha Bundle. Is that a decision which has been made for all users of this download method?
I really can't follow that logic. The Tor Blog always announces Alpha Bundles (which are a few versions ahead) and bundles, which are not called Alpha. The Tor Homepage doesn't recommend downloading the Alpha version as default download. If the Alpha is the new default for everyone, why still produce the other builds, which are not called alpha?
It gets the current recommended version of TBB to install from: https://check.torproject.org/RecommendedTBBVersions
I've noticed that sometimes these are alphas, but sometimes they aren't. I'm not sure who updates that document, or how they choose what versions to recommend. But I believe that's also what TorButton uses to check for updates.
Before finding out about that URL, I was considering downloading https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/linux/ and programatically guessing what version to pick, but RecommendedTBBVersions is a much saner approach.