We have instructions for setting up new Tor relays on Debian. The only time the word “upgrade” is mentioned here is:
Be sure to set your ContactInfo line so we can contact you if you need to upgrade or something goes wrong.
This isn’t great. We should have some decent instructions for keeping your relay up to date too. I’ve been compiling a set of documentation for enabling automatic updates on various Linux distributions, here’s a taste of what I have so far:
I use IRC every day. I use it to speak to people at my local hackerspace and to fellow Debian or Tor Project developers. My set up is a little complex but every part serves a purpose.
Connection diagram for my IRC setup
The service that actually performs the connections to IRC servers is ZNC, an IRC bouncer. The main features this provides are aggressively remaining connected to ensure that I’m not missing anything and also to authenticate to NickServ automatically in the case of a disconnect. Other features from ZNC I use are the keepnick plugin (to keep trying for my primary nick) and the chansaver plugin to keep track of which channels I’m in.
Here’s my weekly report for week 40 of 2017. In this week I have looked at censorship in Catalonia and had my “deleted” Facebook account hacked (which made HN front page). I’ve also been thinking about DRM on the web.
I have prepared and uploaded fixes for the measurement-kit and hamradio-maintguide packages.
I have also sponsored uploads for gnustep-base (to experimental) and chkservice.
I have given DM upload privileges to Eric Heintzmann for the gnustep-base package as he has shown to care for the GNUstep packages well. In the near future, I think we’re looking at a transition for gnustep-{base,back,gui} as these packages all have updates.